Lander County vs Storey County

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

Lander County and Storey 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 4,139 in Storey County). Storey County has the higher median household income ($96,000 vs $84,474 in Lander County). Storey County has the higher median home value ($393,100 vs $210,500 in Lander County).

Population, income & housing

	Lander County	Storey County
Population	5,745	4,139
Median age	37.3 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,474	$96,000
Median home value	$210,500	$393,100
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,007
Housing units	2,797	2,112
Homeownership rate	66.9%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lander County	Storey County
Population	5,643 → 5,745 (+1.8%)	3,988 → 4,139 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$88,030 → $84,474 (-4.0%)	$66,292 → $96,000 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$179,900 → $210,500 (+17.0%)	$240,700 → $393,100 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,066 (+26.6%)	$669 → $1,007 (+50.5%)

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

Storey County

Population

3,9884,139

Median household income

$66,292$96,000

Median home value

$240,700$393,100

Median gross rent

$669$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lander County	Storey County
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	23.7%
75 and over	5.6%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lander County	Storey County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lander County	Storey County
No high school diploma	10.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lander County	Storey County
Drove alone	67.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.8%
Public transit	15.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lander County	Storey County
1-unit, detached	38.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.9%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Lander County	Storey County
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1990	1987