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Fernley, NV

24,225 Population
122.7 square miles 197.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,038 ±$2,143 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $47,688 ±$847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $41,354 ±$333
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,517 ±$9,581 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $87,485 ±$1,443
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $78,260 ±$596
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±3.1% (3,089  ±752) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 10.7% 59,664 (±0.5% / ±3,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 12.4% 390,669 (±0.3% / ±7,932)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±2.2 (301,780  ±29,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 23.3 5,681,170 (±0.4 / ±115,607)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,789 ±379 Number of households
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 224,933 ±1,317
  • Nevada: 1,202,593 ±3,427
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (24,225  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 2.5 555,615 (±0 / ±81)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,148,260
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±3.2% (628  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 5.3% 6,698 (±0.5% / ±631)
  • more than double the rate in Nevada: 5% 37,205 (±0.2% / ±1,475)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,141 ±367 Number of housing units
  • the Reno, NV Metro Area: 245,639 ±281
  • Nevada: 1,326,471 ±610
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$366,700 ±$9,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Reno, NV Metro Area: $502,300 ±$6,710
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nevada: $435,400 ±$1,611
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±3.2% (3,742  ±760.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 14.6% 81,544 (±0.7% / ±3,810.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 14.2% 448,121 (±0.3% / ±8,983.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±5.1% (14,945  ±947.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 88.9% 354,883 (±1.1% / ±4,511.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 87.5% 1,957,058 (±0.5% / ±11,272.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±2.2% (2,722  ±365.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 32.2% 128,782 (±0.7% / ±2,653.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 27.9% 623,877 (±0.3% / ±6,338.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.9% ±1.5% (1,917  ±368) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 13.5% 75,908
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 609,066
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±1.8% (1,771  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area: 8% 35,713 (±0.3% / ±1,280)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 7.9% 196,013 (±0.2% / ±3,615)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,771 Total veterans ±326 1,610 Male ±316 161 Female ±89

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