Fort McDermitt vs Paradise Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Fort McDermitt and Paradise Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort McDermitt and Paradise Valley are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort McDermitt has the higher population (326 vs 208 in Paradise Valley). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($140,792 vs $23,182 in Fort McDermitt). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $52,500 in Fort McDermitt).

Population, income & housing

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
Population	326	208
Median age	49.0 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$23,182	$140,792
Median home value	$52,500	$118,300
Housing units	180	96
Homeownership rate	80.9%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
Population	344 → 326 (-5.2%)	51 → 208 (+307.8%)
Median household income	$20,357 → $23,182 (+13.9%)	—
Median home value	$43,300 → $52,500 (+21.2%)	—

Fort McDermitt

Population

344326

Median household income

$20,357$23,182

Median home value

$43,300$52,500

Paradise Valley

Population

51208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	28.8%
55 to 64	20.9%	38.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	21.6%
75 and over	8.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	88.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
No high school diploma	16.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	50.0%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
Drove alone	79.8%	98.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
1-unit, detached	64.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort McDermitt	Paradise Valley
Poverty rate	51.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1982	1985