Owyhee vs Wells

A side-by-side comparison of Owyhee and Wells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wells has the higher population (1,184 vs 760 in Owyhee). Wells has the higher median household income ($75,962 vs $59,338 in Owyhee). Wells has the higher median home value ($213,500 vs $66,800 in Owyhee).

Population, income & housing

	Owyhee	Wells
Population	760	1,184
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,338	$75,962
Median home value	$66,800	$213,500
Median gross rent	$518	$977
Housing units	331	484
Homeownership rate	45.9%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owyhee	Wells
Population	1,135 → 760 (-33.0%)	1,022 → 1,184 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $59,338 (+62.3%)	$48,958 → $75,962 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $66,800 (+31.0%)	$132,900 → $213,500 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $518 (+21.9%)	$757 → $977 (+29.1%)

Owyhee

Population

1,135760

Median household income

$36,563$59,338

Median home value

$51,000$66,800

Median gross rent

$425$518

Wells

Population

1,0221,184

Median household income

$48,958$75,962

Median home value

$132,900$213,500

Median gross rent

$757$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owyhee	Wells
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	25.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	25.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.9%
75 and over	5.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owyhee	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	50.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.7%	9.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	8.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owyhee	Wells
No high school diploma	23.2%	29.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owyhee	Wells
Drove alone	65.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	24.9%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owyhee	Wells
1-unit, detached	72.2%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Owyhee	Wells
Poverty rate	26.7%	30.2%
Average household size	2.91	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1981	1983