Grass Valley vs Lovelock

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Valley and Lovelock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lovelock has the higher population (1,611 vs 1,216 in Grass Valley). Grass Valley has the higher median household income ($95,852 vs $41,350 in Lovelock). Lovelock has the higher median home value ($149,700 vs $116,400 in Grass Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
Population	1,216	1,611
Median age	32.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,852	$41,350
Median home value	$116,400	$149,700
Median gross rent	—	$716
Housing units	595	836
Homeownership rate	94.1%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
Population	760 → 1,216 (+60.0%)	1,959 → 1,611 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$59,926 → $95,852 (+60.0%)	$41,896 → $41,350 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $116,400 (-22.2%)	$88,800 → $149,700 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$682 → $716 (+5.0%)

Grass Valley

Population

7601,216

Median household income

$59,926$95,852

Median home value

$149,700$116,400

Lovelock

Population

1,9591,611

Median household income

$41,896$41,350

Median home value

$88,800$149,700

Median gross rent

$682$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
Under 5	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	21.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.1%
75 and over	3.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	55.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	8.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	2.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
No high school diploma	6.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	52.6%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
Drove alone	68.6%	69.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.2%
Public transit	13.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
1-unit, detached	20.5%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	79.5%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Grass Valley	Lovelock
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	39	17
Median year structure built	1991	1981