Elko vs Spring Creek

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

Elko and Spring Creek 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 14,967 in Spring Creek). Spring Creek has the higher median household income ($104,381 vs $75,630 in Elko). Spring Creek has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $285,400 in Elko).

Population, income & housing

	Elko	Spring Creek
Population	20,624	14,967
Median age	34.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,630	$104,381
Median home value	$285,400	$318,200
Median gross rent	$1,174	$1,391
Housing units	9,041	5,133
Homeownership rate	62.4%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elko	Spring Creek
Population	20,304 → 20,624 (+1.6%)	13,671 → 14,967 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$79,205 → $75,630 (-4.5%)	$99,854 → $104,381 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$232,100 → $285,400 (+23.0%)	$232,900 → $318,200 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,174 (+15.0%)	$1,289 → $1,391 (+7.9%)

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

Spring Creek

Population

13,67114,967

Median household income

$99,854$104,381

Median home value

$232,900$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elko	Spring Creek
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.8%
75 and over	3.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elko	Spring Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elko	Spring Creek
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elko	Spring Creek
Drove alone	64.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	15.8%	13.8%
Public transit	12.0%	16.7%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elko	Spring Creek
1-unit, detached	54.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Elko	Spring Creek
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.8%
Average household size	2.48	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1985	1996