Elko vs Jackpot

A side-by-side comparison of Elko and Jackpot: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elko has the higher population (20,624 vs 1,429 in Jackpot). Elko has the higher median household income ($75,630 vs $63,560 in Jackpot). Since 2019, Jackpot's population has grown faster (+14.9% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elko	Jackpot
Population	20,624	1,429
Median age	34.3 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,630	$63,560
Median home value	$285,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,174	$712
Housing units	9,041	511
Homeownership rate	62.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elko	Jackpot
Population	20,304 → 20,624 (+1.6%)	1,244 → 1,429 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$79,205 → $75,630 (-4.5%)	$26,139 → $63,560 (+143.2%)
Median home value	$232,100 → $285,400 (+23.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,174 (+15.0%)	$512 → $712 (+39.1%)

Elko

Population

20,30420,624

Median household income

$79,205$75,630

Median home value

$232,100$285,400

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,174

Jackpot

Population

1,2441,429

Median household income

$26,139$63,560

Median gross rent

$512$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elko	Jackpot
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	14.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	25.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.0%
75 and over	3.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elko	Jackpot
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	16.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.7%	82.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elko	Jackpot
No high school diploma	13.3%	29.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elko	Jackpot
Drove alone	64.2%	46.2%
Carpooled	15.8%	8.4%
Public transit	12.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.7%	24.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.6%	18.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elko	Jackpot
1-unit, detached	54.2%	5.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	22.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Elko	Jackpot
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.48	4.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	10
Median year structure built	1985	1985