Eureka County vs Lander County

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

Eureka 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.

Lander County has the higher population (5,745 vs 1,660 in Eureka County). Lander County has the higher median household income ($84,474 vs $73,095 in Eureka County). Since 2019, Lander County's population has grown faster (+1.8% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka County	Lander County
Population	1,660	5,745
Median age	50.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,095	$84,474
Median home value	—	$210,500
Median gross rent	$940	$1,066
Housing units	1,020	2,797
Homeownership rate	85.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka County	Lander County
Population	1,859 → 1,660 (-10.7%)	5,643 → 5,745 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$67,105 → $73,095 (+8.9%)	$88,030 → $84,474 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $177,400 (+47.7%)	$179,900 → $210,500 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $940 (+30.4%)	$842 → $1,066 (+26.6%)

Eureka County

Population

1,8591,660

Median household income

$67,105$73,095

Median home value

$120,100$177,400

Median gross rent

$721$940

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)

	Eureka County	Lander County
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	3.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka County	Lander County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	2.2%
Asian	3.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka County	Lander County
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka County	Lander County
Drove alone	61.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	11.1%
Public transit	6.7%	15.6%
Walked	2.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka County	Lander County
1-unit, detached	38.9%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	57.2%	50.9%

Poverty & households

	Eureka County	Lander County
Poverty rate	22.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1983	1990