Carson City vs Elko County

A side-by-side comparison of Carson City and Elko County: population, income, housing, and more.

Carson City and Elko County are counties in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carson City has the higher population (58,364 vs 53,852 in Elko County). Elko County has the higher median household income ($83,427 vs $71,809 in Carson City). Carson City has the higher median home value ($426,700 vs $282,400 in Elko County).

Population, income & housing

	Carson City	Elko County
Population	58,364	53,852
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,809	$83,427
Median home value	$426,700	$282,400
Median gross rent	$1,172	$1,126
Housing units	24,902	22,033
Homeownership rate	63.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson City	Elko County
Population	54,773 → 58,364 (+6.6%)	52,297 → 53,852 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$55,718 → $71,809 (+28.9%)	$81,232 → $83,427 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$273,800 → $426,700 (+55.8%)	$212,500 → $282,400 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,172 (+24.7%)	$952 → $1,126 (+18.3%)

Carson City

Population

54,77358,364

Median household income

$55,718$71,809

Median home value

$273,800$426,700

Median gross rent

$940$1,172

Elko County

Population

52,29753,852

Median household income

$81,232$83,427

Median home value

$212,500$282,400

Median gross rent

$952$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson City	Elko County
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson City	Elko County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	62.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	3.8%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson City	Elko County
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson City	Elko County
Drove alone	72.9%	64.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	14.5%
Public transit	1.5%	10.6%
Walked	1.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson City	Elko County
1-unit, detached	59.8%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	10.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Carson City	Elko County
Poverty rate	11.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1980	1989