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Ely, NV

3,941 Population
7.6 square miles 516.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in White Pine County: 41.7 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,567 ±$3,760 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in White Pine County: $30,635 ±$2,139
  • a little less than the amount in Nevada: $39,963 ±$352
$86,389 ±$28,447 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in White Pine County: $72,294 ±$3,245
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714

10% ±4.8% (383  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in White Pine County: 8.4% † 617 (±3% / ±217)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.6% 390,414 (±0.3% / ±9,336)

14.9 minutes ±3.7 (28,495  ±8,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in White Pine County: 16.9 † 53,655 (±2.4 / ±9,064)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)

Families

1,798 ±188 Number of households
  • White Pine County: 3,407 ±191
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
2.2 ±0.2 (3,868  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in White Pine County: 2.2 7,423 (±0.1 / ±96)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138

1.8% ±3% (18  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in White Pine County: 2.9% † 50 (±3.2% / ±55)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 37,286 (±0.2% / ±1,787)

Housing

2,141 ±186 Number of housing units
  • White Pine County: 4,157 ±47
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360

$201,500 ±$21,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in White Pine County: $196,700 ±$18,584
  • about half the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207

11.6% ±7% (454  ±276.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in White Pine County: 13.5% † 1,188 (±4.4% / ±387.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nevada: 15% 466,794 (±0.3% / ±9,597.4)

Social

92.7% ±11.3% (2,665  ±377.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in White Pine County: 88.3% 5,883 (±8% / ±553.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
18.4% ±6% (528  ±176.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in White Pine County: 14.2% † 943 (±3.4% / ±229)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 27.4% 601,393 (±0.3% / ±6,223.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% ±0.9% (31  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in White Pine County: 2.5% 218
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347

10.5% ±4.3% (336  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in White Pine County: 9.6% † 694 (±2.4% / ±170)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
336 Total veterans ±138 331 Male ±137 5 Female ±9

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