Dyer vs Goldfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer and Goldfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyer has the higher population (303 vs 231 in Goldfield). Goldfield has the higher median household income ($121,094 vs $60,192 in Dyer). Dyer has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $86,300 in Goldfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Goldfield
Population	303	231
Median age	54.3 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,192	$121,094
Median home value	$107,700	$86,300
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	164	204
Homeownership rate	76.1%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Goldfield
Population	324 → 303 (-6.5%)	298 → 231 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $60,192 (+72.7%)	$36,250 → $121,094 (+234.1%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $107,700 (-4.8%)	$63,800 → $86,300 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $563 (+16.1%)	$518 → $534 (+3.1%)

Dyer

Population

324303

Median household income

$34,861$60,192

Median home value

$113,100$107,700

Median gross rent

$485$563

Goldfield

Population

298231

Median household income

$36,250$121,094

Median home value

$63,800$86,300

Median gross rent

$518$534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer	Goldfield
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.4%
25 to 34	2.3%	0.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	4.3%
45 to 54	25.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	35.1%
65 to 74	24.1%	19.0%
75 and over	13.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Goldfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	56.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Goldfield
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Goldfield
Drove alone	44.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	27.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Goldfield
1-unit, detached	47.0%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.0%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Goldfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	10	22
Median year structure built	1980	1977