Cost of living in Nevada

Nevada at a glance

Median rent

$1,597

Census ACS, B25064, monthly

Median household income

$78,260

Census ACS, B19013, yearly

Median home value

$435,400

Census ACS, B25077

Median property tax bill

$2,027

Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners

Mean commute

25 min

Census ACS, DP03, one way

Unemployment

7.0%

Census ACS, DP03

Nevada's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run level with the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates, checked November 2026.

The three most populous counties in Nevada

These are the most populous places in Nevada, not a match to you. Set what matters to you on Find your fit and this becomes your three closest matches here. Made-up answers work too. This is a tool, not a survey.

• Clark County

  Population

  2.33M

  Rent

  $1,626

  Household income

  $76,472

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,057

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• Washoe County

  Population

  497K

  Rent

  $1,608

  Household income

  $88,096

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,385

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• Lyon County

  Population

  61.7K

  Rent

  $1,326

  Household income

  $80,812

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $1,668

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Nevada, worth the trip

Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state. The population stayed sparse until the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859. The rush of prospectors and settlers that followed led to the organization of Nevada Territory in 1861.

• Great Basin National Park

  Wheeler Peak at 13,063 feet, ancient bristlecone pines, caves and very dark night skies.

• Lake Mead National Recreation Area

  Two large reservoirs with 1.5 million acres of mountains, canyons and valleys around them.

• Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

  An urban park in the Upper Las Vegas Valley that preserves a record of the past 570,000 years.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Nevada

Current owners in Nevada pay a median 0.47% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $2,027 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $511 in Eureka County to $2,750 in Douglas County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Nevada works differently from most states. Nevada caps the yearly rise in the tax bill, not the home's value: 3% for an owner's primary residence and a higher cap for other property. After a change of ownership the home sits under the higher cap until the new owner files a primary residence affidavit with the county assessor. Source: Washoe County Assessor, tax cap and abatement information.

Health in Nevada

Life expectancy

76.4 yrs

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics

No health insurance

13.2%

County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65

Poor or fair health

20.4%

County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted

Injury deaths per 100K people

87

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Nevada as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Nevada

Expected yearly loss, statewide

$1.4B

All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more

Building loss rate

$1.62

Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states

Costliest hazard

Inland flooding

$517M of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses

Air quality

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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

New homes permitted in Nevada

Side by side

Clark County, NV is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

The largest counties in Nevada

By population, from the Census release named below. Each opens its own page.

1. 1Clark County2.33M
2. 2Washoe County497K
3. 3Lyon County61.7K
4. 4Carson City58.4K
5. 5Nye County54.3K
6. 6Elko County54K
7. 7Douglas County49.6K
8. 8Churchill County25.8K
9. 9Humboldt County17.3K
10. 10White Pine County8,735

All 17 counties in Nevada

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

• State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
• County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
• Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
• Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
• Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
• Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
• Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.

What to do with these numbers

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