Pershing County vs Storey County

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

Pershing 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.

Pershing County has the higher population (6,505 vs 4,139 in Storey County). Storey County has the higher median household income ($96,000 vs $72,007 in Pershing County). Storey County has the higher median home value ($393,100 vs $166,200 in Pershing County).

Population, income & housing

	Pershing County	Storey County
Population	6,505	4,139
Median age	40.9 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,007	$96,000
Median home value	$166,200	$393,100
Median gross rent	$667	$1,007
Housing units	2,293	2,112
Homeownership rate	74.3%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pershing County	Storey County
Population	6,615 → 6,505 (-1.7%)	3,988 → 4,139 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$50,491 → $72,007 (+42.6%)	$66,292 → $96,000 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $166,200 (+47.1%)	$240,700 → $393,100 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $667 (-1.6%)	$669 → $1,007 (+50.5%)

Pershing County

Population

6,6156,505

Median household income

$50,491$72,007

Median home value

$113,000$166,200

Median gross rent

$678$667

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)

	Pershing County	Storey County
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	23.7%
75 and over	7.3%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pershing County	Storey County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	84.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pershing County	Storey County
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	44.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pershing County	Storey County
Drove alone	75.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.8%
Public transit	4.3%	0.2%
Walked	3.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pershing County	Storey County
1-unit, detached	40.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Pershing County	Storey County
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1986	1987