Nye County vs Washoe County

A side-by-side comparison of Nye County and Washoe County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Washoe County has the higher population (491,770 vs 53,207 in Nye County). Washoe County has the higher median household income ($85,600 vs $55,975 in Nye County). Washoe County has the higher median home value ($496,600 vs $266,000 in Nye County).

Population, income & housing

	Nye County	Washoe County
Population	53,207	491,770
Median age	52.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,975	$85,600
Median home value	$266,000	$496,600
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,507
Housing units	25,186	213,392
Homeownership rate	75.2%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nye County	Washoe County
Population	44,380 → 53,207 (+19.9%)	456,936 → 491,770 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$47,300 → $55,975 (+18.3%)	$64,791 → $85,600 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $266,000 (+62.9%)	$334,100 → $496,600 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)	$1,074 → $1,507 (+40.3%)

Nye County

Population

44,38053,207

Median household income

$47,300$55,975

Median home value

$163,300$266,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

Washoe County

Population

456,936491,770

Median household income

$64,791$85,600

Median home value

$334,100$496,600

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nye County	Washoe County
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	18.7%	10.8%
75 and over	12.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nye County	Washoe County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	59.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nye County	Washoe County
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nye County	Washoe County
Drove alone	73.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.4%
Public transit	1.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.2%
Other means	3.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nye County	Washoe County
1-unit, detached	56.9%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Nye County	Washoe County
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1998	1990