Elko vs West Wendover

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

Elko and West Wendover 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 4,507 in West Wendover). Elko has the higher median household income ($75,630 vs $47,394 in West Wendover). Since 2019, West Wendover's population has grown faster (+5.2% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elko	West Wendover
Population	20,624	4,507
Median age	34.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,630	$47,394
Median home value	$285,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,174	$845
Housing units	9,041	2,003
Homeownership rate	62.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elko	West Wendover
Population	20,304 → 20,624 (+1.6%)	4,285 → 4,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$79,205 → $75,630 (-4.5%)	$64,274 → $47,394 (-26.3%)
Median home value	$232,100 → $285,400 (+23.0%)	$158,700 → $172,500 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,174 (+15.0%)	$733 → $845 (+15.3%)

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

West Wendover

Population

4,2854,507

Median household income

$64,274$47,394

Median home value

$158,700$172,500

Median gross rent

$733$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elko	West Wendover
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	3.3%
75 and over	3.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elko	West Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	32.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.9%
Asian	2.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.7%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elko	West Wendover
No high school diploma	13.3%	24.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elko	West Wendover
Drove alone	64.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	15.8%	16.4%
Public transit	12.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elko	West Wendover
1-unit, detached	54.2%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	46.5%

Poverty & households

	Elko	West Wendover
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1985	1990