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Owyhee, NV

760 Population
224.4 square miles 3.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±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

$25,705 ±$5,571 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
$59,338 ±$14,489 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $83,305 ±$5,867
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714

26.7% ±16% (198  ±139) 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)

15.4 minutes ±6.9 (4,380  ±2,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 27.7 701,790 (±1.6 / ±46,723)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)

Families

255 ±82 Number of households
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 20,176 ±407
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
2.9 ±0.5 (742  ±273) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 2.7 54,678 (±0.1 / ±241)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138

2% ±3.1% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 5.2% † 640 (±1.9% / ±231)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 37,286 (±0.2% / ±1,787)

Housing

331 ±90 Number of housing units
  • the Elko, NV Micro Area: 23,053 ±163
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360

$66,800 ±$52,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Elko, NV Micro Area: $280,400 ±$8,694
  • less than a fifth of the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207

25.5% ±18.3% (194  ±155.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times 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

76.8% ±36.4% (427  ±129.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 87.5% 31,588 (±4% / ±1,465.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
12.4% ±8% (69  ±51.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 17.6% † 6,340 (±1.8% / ±637.2)
  • about half the rate in Nevada: 27.4% 601,393 (±0.3% / ±6,223.4)

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

1.3% ±1.9% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 7.8% † 4,301 (±1% / ±550)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347

5.3% ±4.9% (31  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elko, NV Micro Area: 6.9% † 2,804 (±1% / ±407)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
31 Total veterans ±31 16 Male ±16 15 Female ±23

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