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Carson City, NV Metro Area

55,244 Population
144.5 square miles 382.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,819 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $32,629 ±$283
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$58,305 ±$2,023 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nevada: $62,043 ±$445
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

10% ±1.5% (5,288  ±817) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.8% 381,695 (±0.3% / ±8,350)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

20 minutes ±0.8 (478,185  ±24,776) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nevada: 24.6 32,523,260 (±0.2 / ±257,697)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

22,858 ±336 Number of households
  • Nevada: 1,130,011 ±2,777
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (52,979  ±395) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.7 2,992,756 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

7.6% ±2.1% (835  ±228) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 36,292 (±0.2% / ±1,663)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

24,132 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Nevada: 1,268,533 ±662
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$299,900 ±$10,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Nevada: $290,200 ±$1,388
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16.9% ±2% (9,201  ±1,100.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 17% 508,752 (±0.3% / ±9,640.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

88.1% ±3.2% (35,068  ±1,278.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 86.9% 1,819,821 (±0.5% / ±10,068.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
22.9% ±1.5% (9,103  ±603.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 25.5% 532,997 (±0.3% / ±5,535)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

12.8% ±1% (7,083  ±559) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 19.4% 587,808 (±0.2% / ±5,559)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

9.9% ±0.8% (4,331  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 8.8% 205,659 (±0.2% / ±3,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
4,331 Total veterans ±356 4,147 Male ±335 184 Female ±78

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