Nixon vs Wadsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Nixon and Wadsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wadsworth has the higher population (723 vs 313 in Nixon). Wadsworth has the higher median household income ($73,182 vs $70,148 in Nixon). Wadsworth has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $55,000 in Nixon).

Population, income & housing

	Nixon	Wadsworth
Population	313	723
Median age	34.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,148	$73,182
Median home value	$55,000	$103,600
Median gross rent	$550	$908
Housing units	163	318
Homeownership rate	78.9%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	40.5%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nixon	Wadsworth
Population	231 → 313 (+35.5%)	792 → 723 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $70,148 (+133.8%)	$44,167 → $73,182 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $55,000 (-31.7%)	$81,300 → $103,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $550 (+51.5%)	$594 → $908 (+52.9%)

Nixon

Population

231313

Median household income

$30,000$70,148

Median home value

$80,500$55,000

Median gross rent

$363$550

Wadsworth

Population

792723

Median household income

$44,167$73,182

Median home value

$81,300$103,600

Median gross rent

$594$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nixon	Wadsworth
Under 5	9.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	2.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	5.1%	24.5%
65 to 74	23.0%	7.9%
75 and over	3.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nixon	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	31.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	66.8%	47.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nixon	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	5.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	46.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nixon	Wadsworth
Drove alone	72.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	23.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nixon	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	86.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Nixon	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	47.3%	16.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1982	1980