Reno vs Spanish Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Reno and Spanish Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Reno has the higher population (268,959 vs 17,512 in Spanish Springs). Spanish Springs has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $78,448 in Reno). Spanish Springs has the higher median home value ($600,000 vs $498,600 in Reno).

Population, income & housing

	Reno	Spanish Springs
Population	268,959	17,512
Median age	37.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,448	$121,250
Median home value	$498,600	$600,000
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,905
Housing units	120,491	6,693
Homeownership rate	49.4%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reno	Spanish Springs
Population	246,500 → 268,959 (+9.1%)	15,938 → 17,512 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$58,790 → $78,448 (+33.4%)	$96,797 → $121,250 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$335,000 → $498,600 (+48.8%)	$378,100 → $600,000 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,453 (+41.2%)	$1,710 → $1,905 (+11.4%)

Reno

Population

246,500268,959

Median household income

$58,790$78,448

Median home value

$335,000$498,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,453

Spanish Springs

Population

15,93817,512

Median household income

$96,797$121,250

Median home value

$378,100$600,000

Median gross rent

$1,710$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reno	Spanish Springs
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reno	Spanish Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	78.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	6.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.6%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reno	Spanish Springs
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	22.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reno	Spanish Springs
Drove alone	67.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.6%
Other means	2.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reno	Spanish Springs
1-unit, detached	49.8%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.8%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Reno	Spanish Springs
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1989	2001