Spring Creek vs West Wendover

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

Spring Creek and West Wendover 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 4,507 in West Wendover). Spring Creek has the higher median household income ($104,381 vs $47,394 in West Wendover). Since 2019, Spring Creek's population has grown faster (+9.5% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
Population	14,967	4,507
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,381	$47,394
Median home value	$318,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,391	$845
Housing units	5,133	2,003
Homeownership rate	88.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
Population	13,671 → 14,967 (+9.5%)	4,285 → 4,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$99,854 → $104,381 (+4.5%)	$64,274 → $47,394 (-26.3%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $318,200 (+36.6%)	$158,700 → $172,500 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,391 (+7.9%)	$733 → $845 (+15.3%)

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

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)

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.3%
75 and over	4.1%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
No high school diploma	6.6%	24.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
Drove alone	57.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	16.4%
Public transit	16.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
1-unit, detached	75.9%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	46.5%

Poverty & households

	Spring Creek	West Wendover
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.2%
Average household size	3.05	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	42	14
Median year structure built	1996	1990