Empire vs Gerlach

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Gerlach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gerlach has the higher population (53 vs 0 in Empire). Since 2019, Gerlach's population has grown faster (+55.9% vs -100.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Gerlach
Population	0	53
Housing units	100	116
Homeownership rate	—	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	66.0%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Gerlach
Population	134 → 0 (-100.0%)	34 → 53 (+55.9%)

Empire

Population

1340

Gerlach

Population

3453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Gerlach
Under 5	—	0.0%
5 to 17	—	0.0%
18 to 24	—	0.0%
25 to 34	—	0.0%
35 to 44	—	0.0%
45 to 54	—	34.0%
55 to 64	—	66.0%
65 to 74	—	0.0%
75 and over	—	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Gerlach
White (non-Hispanic)	—	66.0%
Black or African American	—	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	34.0%
Some other race	—	0.0%
Two or more races	—	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Gerlach
No high school diploma	—	0.0%
High school graduate	—	0.0%
Some college or associate's	—	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	—	66.0%
Graduate or professional degree	—	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Gerlach
Drove alone	—	0.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	66.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	34.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Gerlach
1-unit, detached	48.0%	22.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Gerlach
Poverty rate	—	66.0%
Median year structure built	1953	1982