Fort McDermitt vs Winnemucca

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

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

Winnemucca has the higher population (8,391 vs 326 in Fort McDermitt). Winnemucca has the higher median household income ($80,844 vs $23,182 in Fort McDermitt). Winnemucca has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $52,500 in Fort McDermitt).

Population, income & housing

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
Population	326	8,391
Median age	49.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,182	$80,844
Median home value	$52,500	$290,500
Median gross rent	—	$969
Housing units	180	3,837
Homeownership rate	80.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
Population	344 → 326 (-5.2%)	7,762 → 8,391 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$20,357 → $23,182 (+13.9%)	$66,857 → $80,844 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$43,300 → $52,500 (+21.2%)	$218,600 → $290,500 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$821 → $969 (+18.0%)

Fort McDermitt

Population

344326

Median household income

$20,357$23,182

Median home value

$43,300$52,500

Winnemucca

Population

7,7628,391

Median household income

$66,857$80,844

Median home value

$218,600$290,500

Median gross rent

$821$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	20.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.5%
75 and over	8.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	63.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	88.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
No high school diploma	16.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
Drove alone	79.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	9.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.6%
Other means	4.5%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
1-unit, detached	64.4%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort McDermitt	Winnemucca
Poverty rate	51.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1982	1987