Reno vs Sun Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Reno and Sun Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Reno and Sun Valley 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 22,697 in Sun Valley). Reno has the higher median household income ($78,448 vs $76,108 in Sun Valley). Reno has the higher median home value ($498,600 vs $321,000 in Sun Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Reno	Sun Valley
Population	268,959	22,697
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,448	$76,108
Median home value	$498,600	$321,000
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,161
Housing units	120,491	7,248
Homeownership rate	49.4%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reno	Sun Valley
Population	246,500 → 268,959 (+9.1%)	21,159 → 22,697 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$58,790 → $78,448 (+33.4%)	$57,368 → $76,108 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$335,000 → $498,600 (+48.8%)	$169,000 → $321,000 (+89.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,453 (+41.2%)	$1,016 → $1,161 (+14.3%)

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

Sun Valley

Population

21,15922,697

Median household income

$57,368$76,108

Median home value

$169,000$321,000

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reno	Sun Valley
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.8%
75 and over	6.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reno	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	40.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.4%
Asian	6.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	52.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reno	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	10.7%	33.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reno	Sun Valley
Drove alone	67.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	21.8%
Public transit	2.4%	1.2%
Walked	3.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.2%
Other means	2.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reno	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	49.8%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	14.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	53.4%

Poverty & households

	Reno	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	12.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.35	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1989	1989