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Fernley, NV

23,631 Population
122.7 square miles 192.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,170 ±$2,280 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $45,849 ±$804
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $39,963 ±$352
$87,991 ±$11,532 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $84,684 ±$1,596
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714

11.3% ±3.1% (2,671  ±734) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 10.7% 58,715 (±0.5% / ±2,594)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.6% 390,414 (±0.3% / ±9,336)

28.6 minutes ±2.1 (314,425  ±28,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 23.3 5,681,140 (±0.4 / ±108,624)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)

Families

8,570 ±282 Number of households
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 221,022 ±1,201
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
2.8 ±0.1 (23,631  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 2.5 549,549 (±0 / ±72)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138

11.1% ±3.7% (657  ±222) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 5.3% † 6,607 (±0.5% / ±684)
  • more than double the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 37,286 (±0.2% / ±1,787)

Housing

8,871 ±298 Number of housing units
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 240,502 ±213
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360

$352,600 ±$8,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $474,000 ±$5,047
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207

14.4% ±3.1% (3,341  ±708.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 14.9% 81,906 (±0.7% / ±3,695.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 15% 466,794 (±0.3% / ±9,597.4)

Social

90.7% ±5.8% (14,376  ±1,005.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 88.6% 347,809 (±1.2% / ±4,620.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
15.6% ±2.5% (2,476  ±409.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 31.4% 123,195 (±0.7% / ±2,640.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.6% ±1.1% (1,556  ±262) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 13.4% 74,481
  • about one-third of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347

10.9% ±1.9% (1,917  ±334) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 8.3% 36,623 (±0.3% / ±1,449)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
1,917 Total veterans ±334 1,763 Male ±327 154 Female ±84

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