Golden Valley vs Verdi

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Valley and Verdi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Golden Valley has the higher population (1,184 vs 1,046 in Verdi). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($102,757 vs $102,625 in Verdi). Verdi has the higher median home value ($646,100 vs $514,700 in Golden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Valley	Verdi
Population	1,184	1,046
Median age	63.5 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,757	$102,625
Median home value	$514,700	$646,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,275
Housing units	586	553
Homeownership rate	98.7%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Valley	Verdi
Population	1,295 → 1,184 (-8.6%)	1,287 → 1,046 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$85,272 → $102,757 (+20.5%)	$80,547 → $102,625 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$347,200 → $514,700 (+48.2%)	$506,800 → $646,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,491 → $1,275 (-14.5%)

Golden Valley

Population

1,2951,184

Median household income

$85,272$102,757

Median home value

$347,200$514,700

Verdi

Population

1,2871,046

Median household income

$80,547$102,625

Median home value

$506,800$646,100

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Valley	Verdi
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	22.9%	31.2%
65 to 74	27.4%	15.1%
75 and over	13.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Valley	Verdi
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Valley	Verdi
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	16.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Valley	Verdi
Drove alone	88.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Valley	Verdi
1-unit, detached	88.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	10.5%
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	8.2%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Golden Valley	Verdi
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.58	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1984	1987