Owyhee vs West Wendover

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

Owyhee 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 760 in Owyhee). Owyhee has the higher median household income ($59,338 vs $47,394 in West Wendover). Since 2019, West Wendover's population has grown faster (+5.2% vs -33.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Owyhee	West Wendover
Population	760	4,507
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,338	$47,394
Median home value	$66,800	—
Median gross rent	$518	$845
Housing units	331	2,003
Homeownership rate	45.9%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owyhee	West Wendover
Population	1,135 → 760 (-33.0%)	4,285 → 4,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $59,338 (+62.3%)	$64,274 → $47,394 (-26.3%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $66,800 (+31.0%)	$158,700 → $172,500 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $518 (+21.9%)	$733 → $845 (+15.3%)

Owyhee

Population

1,135760

Median household income

$36,563$59,338

Median home value

$51,000$66,800

Median gross rent

$425$518

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)

	Owyhee	West Wendover
Under 5	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	25.4%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	20.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.3%
75 and over	5.4%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owyhee	West Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.7%	0.9%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owyhee	West Wendover
No high school diploma	23.2%	24.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owyhee	West Wendover
Drove alone	65.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	24.9%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owyhee	West Wendover
1-unit, detached	72.2%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	46.5%

Poverty & households

	Owyhee	West Wendover
Poverty rate	26.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1981	1990