Churchill County vs Lander County

A side-by-side comparison of Churchill County and Lander County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Churchill County has the higher population (25,614 vs 5,745 in Lander County). Lander County has the higher median household income ($84,474 vs $73,268 in Churchill County). Churchill County has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $210,500 in Lander County).

Population, income & housing

	Churchill County	Lander County
Population	25,614	5,745
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,268	$84,474
Median home value	$298,000	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,066
Housing units	10,924	2,797
Homeownership rate	68.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churchill County	Lander County
Population	24,259 → 25,614 (+5.6%)	5,643 → 5,745 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$57,824 → $73,268 (+26.7%)	$88,030 → $84,474 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$191,500 → $298,000 (+55.6%)	$179,900 → $210,500 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,203 (+46.5%)	$842 → $1,066 (+26.6%)

Churchill County

Population

24,25925,614

Median household income

$57,824$73,268

Median home value

$191,500$298,000

Median gross rent

$821$1,203

Lander County

Population

5,6435,745

Median household income

$88,030$84,474

Median home value

$179,900$210,500

Median gross rent

$842$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churchill County	Lander County
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.6%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churchill County	Lander County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	69.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	2.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churchill County	Lander County
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churchill County	Lander County
Drove alone	78.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.1%
Public transit	2.4%	15.6%
Walked	4.1%	4.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churchill County	Lander County
1-unit, detached	66.1%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	50.9%

Poverty & households

	Churchill County	Lander County
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1987	1990