Jackpot vs West Wendover

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

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

West Wendover has the higher population (4,507 vs 1,429 in Jackpot). Jackpot has the higher median household income ($63,560 vs $47,394 in West Wendover). Since 2019, Jackpot's population has grown faster (+14.9% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Jackpot	West Wendover
Population	1,429	4,507
Median age	30.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,560	$47,394
Median gross rent	$712	$845
Housing units	511	2,003
Homeownership rate	44.0%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackpot	West Wendover
Population	1,244 → 1,429 (+14.9%)	4,285 → 4,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$26,139 → $63,560 (+143.2%)	$64,274 → $47,394 (-26.3%)
Median home value	—	$158,700 → $172,500 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $712 (+39.1%)	$733 → $845 (+15.3%)

Jackpot

Population

1,2441,429

Median household income

$26,139$63,560

Median gross rent

$512$712

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)

	Jackpot	West Wendover
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	14.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	25.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackpot	West Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	82.6%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackpot	West Wendover
No high school diploma	29.4%	24.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackpot	West Wendover
Drove alone	46.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	16.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	24.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackpot	West Wendover
1-unit, detached	5.9%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	15.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	46.5%

Poverty & households

	Jackpot	West Wendover
Poverty rate	4.7%	16.2%
Average household size	4.40	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	10	14
Median year structure built	1985	1990