Spring Creek vs Wells

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

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

Spring Creek has the higher population (14,967 vs 1,184 in Wells). Spring Creek has the higher median household income ($104,381 vs $75,962 in Wells). Spring Creek has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $213,500 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Creek	Wells
Population	14,967	1,184
Median age	34.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,381	$75,962
Median home value	$318,200	$213,500
Median gross rent	$1,391	$977
Housing units	5,133	484
Homeownership rate	88.4%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Creek	Wells
Population	13,671 → 14,967 (+9.5%)	1,022 → 1,184 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$99,854 → $104,381 (+4.5%)	$48,958 → $75,962 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $318,200 (+36.6%)	$132,900 → $213,500 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,391 (+7.9%)	$757 → $977 (+29.1%)

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

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)

	Spring Creek	Wells
Under 5	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.9%
75 and over	4.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Creek	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	50.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	9.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Creek	Wells
No high school diploma	6.6%	29.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Creek	Wells
Drove alone	57.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	14.4%
Public transit	16.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Creek	Wells
1-unit, detached	75.9%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Spring Creek	Wells
Poverty rate	10.8%	30.2%
Average household size	3.05	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	42	25
Median year structure built	1996	1983