Wells vs West Wendover

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

Wells 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 1,184 in Wells). Wells has the higher median household income ($75,962 vs $47,394 in West Wendover). Since 2019, Wells's population has grown faster (+15.9% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Wells	West Wendover
Population	1,184	4,507
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,962	$47,394
Median home value	$213,500	—
Median gross rent	$977	$845
Housing units	484	2,003
Homeownership rate	64.8%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wells	West Wendover
Population	1,022 → 1,184 (+15.9%)	4,285 → 4,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $75,962 (+55.2%)	$64,274 → $47,394 (-26.3%)
Median home value	$132,900 → $213,500 (+60.6%)	$158,700 → $172,500 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $977 (+29.1%)	$733 → $845 (+15.3%)

Wells

Population

1,0221,184

Median household income

$48,958$75,962

Median home value

$132,900$213,500

Median gross rent

$757$977

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)

	Wells	West Wendover
Under 5	4.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	25.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	18.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	3.9%	3.3%
75 and over	1.4%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wells	West Wendover
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	32.9%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	63.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wells	West Wendover
No high school diploma	29.5%	24.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wells	West Wendover
Drove alone	76.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	14.4%	16.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wells	West Wendover
1-unit, detached	57.0%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	46.5%

Poverty & households

	Wells	West Wendover
Poverty rate	30.2%	16.2%
Average household size	3.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1983	1990