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Wells, NV

1,184 Population
6.9 square miles 171.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 35.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,343 ±$7,582 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $39,266 ±$2,163
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nevada: $39,963 ±$352
$75,962 ±$45,561 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $83,305 ±$5,867
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714

30.2% ±24.8% (357  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 11.4% † 6,194 (±1.8% / ±1,002)
  • more than double the rate in Nevada: 12.6% 390,414 (±0.3% / ±9,336)

24.6 minutes ±17.4 (13,645  ±6,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 27.7 701,790 (±1.6 / ±46,723)
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)

Families

344 ±93 Number of households
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 20,176 ±407
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
3.4 ±0.8 (1,175  ±412) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 2.7 54,678 (±0.1 / ±241)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

484 ±95 Number of housing units
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 23,053 ±163
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360

$213,500 ±$50,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $280,400 ±$8,694
  • about half the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207

26.9% ±18.6% (318  ±246.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 14.7% † 8,064 (±2.3% / ±1,282.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 15% 466,794 (±0.3% / ±9,597.4)

Social

70.5% ±34.3% (547  ±145.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 87.5% 31,588 (±4% / ±1,465.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
10.4% ±7% (81  ±63.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 17.6% † 6,340 (±1.8% / ±637.2)
  • about two-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

6.8% ±4.5% (81  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 7.8% † 4,301 (±1% / ±550)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347

8.6% ±4.1% (71  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 6.9% † 2,804 (±1% / ±407)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
71 Total veterans ±44 71 Male ±44 N/A Female ±14

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