Genoa vs Minden

A side-by-side comparison of Genoa and Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

Genoa and Minden are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minden has the higher population (3,309 vs 1,231 in Genoa). Genoa has the higher median household income ($125,952 vs $86,806 in Minden). Genoa has the higher median home value ($1,040,700 vs $524,500 in Minden).

Population, income & housing

	Genoa	Minden
Population	1,231	3,309
Median age	62.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,952	$86,806
Median home value	$1,040,700	$524,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,821
Housing units	616	1,551
Homeownership rate	93.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Genoa	Minden
Population	659 → 1,231 (+86.8%)	3,151 → 3,309 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $125,952 (+17.8%)	$57,830 → $86,806 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$816,500 → $1,040,700 (+27.5%)	$344,700 → $524,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,281 → $1,821 (+42.2%)

Genoa

Population

6591,231

Median household income

$106,875$125,952

Median home value

$816,500$1,040,700

Minden

Population

3,1513,309

Median household income

$57,830$86,806

Median home value

$344,700$524,500

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Genoa	Minden
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	29.3%	16.2%
75 and over	20.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Genoa	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Genoa	Minden
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	10.8%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Genoa	Minden
Drove alone	61.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	4.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.9%
Other means	15.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Genoa	Minden
1-unit, detached	92.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Genoa	Minden
Poverty rate	3.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1999	1994