McDermitt vs Orovada

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

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

Orovada has the higher population (158 vs 42 in McDermitt). Since 2019, Orovada's population has grown faster (+146.9% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	McDermitt	Orovada
Population	42	158
Median age	46.8 yrs	69.5 yrs
Housing units	39	125
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McDermitt	Orovada
Population	126 → 42 (-66.7%)	64 → 158 (+146.9%)

McDermitt

Population

12642

Orovada

Population

64158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McDermitt	Orovada
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	59.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.4%
75 and over	40.5%	36.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McDermitt	Orovada
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	34.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McDermitt	Orovada
No high school diploma	59.5%	38.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McDermitt	Orovada
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McDermitt	Orovada
1-unit, detached	15.4%	38.4%
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	84.6%	61.6%

Poverty & households

	McDermitt	Orovada
Poverty rate	100.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.27	1.63
Median year structure built	1985	1979