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Wells, NV

1,352 Population
6.9 square miles 195.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±9.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 36.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Nevada: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,251 ±$7,001 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $38,959 ±$1,770
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nevada: $41,354 ±$333
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,454 ±$8,025 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $85,882 ±$5,682
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Nevada: $78,260 ±$596
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±21.7% (288  ±308) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 10.3% † 5,624 (±1.6% / ±881)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 12.4% 390,669 (±0.3% / ±7,932)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37 minutes ±22.1 (25,710  ±10,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 29.2 740,695 (±1.3 / ±44,491)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

381 ±105 Number of households
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 20,249 ±377
  • Nevada: 1,202,593 ±3,427
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.5 ±0.7 (1,337  ±448) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 2.7 54,798 (±0.1 / ±294)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,148,260
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

515 ±112 Number of housing units
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 23,153 ±177
  • Nevada: 1,326,471 ±610
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$205,300 ±$63,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $297,500 ±$13,434
  • about half the amount in Nevada: $435,400 ±$1,611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±14.8% (211  ±212.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 12.5% † 6,904 (±2.1% / ±1,177.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 14.2% 448,121 (±0.3% / ±8,983.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

70.1% ±31.8% (622  ±171.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 87.5% 31,760 (±3.6% / ±1,337.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 87.5% 1,957,058 (±0.5% / ±11,272.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.9% ±6.5% (88  ±65.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 17.8% † 6,449 (±1.9% / ±684.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nevada: 27.9% 623,877 (±0.3% / ±6,338.7)
  • about one-quarter of 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

6% ±4.9% (81  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,637 (±1% / ±575)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 609,066
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±3.7% (41  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,793 (±0.9% / ±359)
  • about half the rate in Nevada: 7.9% 196,013 (±0.2% / ±3,615)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±38 41 Male ±38 N/A Female ±14

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