Eureka County, Nevada

Eureka County has a population of 1,585 and has grown 0.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $82,600, about 1.2 times the county's median household income of $70,473.

Home price
$82,600
Income
$70,473
Population
1,585
Unemployment
0.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$82,600county
Median gross rent$969county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198039.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile62.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant36.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented17.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,797(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,393county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,062county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,937county
Home insurance / yr$1,774(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.2(statewide)
Median household income$70,473county
Family health premium / yr$21,988(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,950(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.759(statewide)
Poverty rate24.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.6%county
Unemployment rate0.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force36.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.5%county
Share of workers employed by government22.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry42.4%county
Economic output per resident$818,580county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.62%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.24%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time18.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service65 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12881county
Miles to nearest general aviation field26 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station66 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.6%county
Traffic deaths63.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-0.6(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher17.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.1%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment310county
Students per full-time teacher11.1county
Free lunch eligible19.0%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution66 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians57(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year22.8%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,585county
Land area in square miles4,176county
People per square mile of land0.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store47.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract100.0%county
Population change since 2020+0.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age50.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.9%county
Share of households that are one person33.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.0%county
Second languages2.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls49.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents377county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-27county
Households that moved in76county
Households that moved away69county
Average income of arriving households$61,895county
Average income of departing households$68,478county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes14(statewide)
Housing units authorised in the latest year18,540(statewide)
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings34.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate402(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature49.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation9.4 incounty
Annual snowfall27.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.83 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F21 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing163 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days109 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 5county
Average first fall frostSep 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$107county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh10.1¢county
Household electricity use1,066 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.79(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas8.5%county
Homes heated by propane32.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.0%county
Homes heated by wood24.3%county
Households with broadband90.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk7.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk59.3county
Landslide risk34.3county
Hail risk2.8county
Earthquake risk41.7county
Tornado risk1.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk9.6county
Winter weather risk28.1county
Strong wind risk1.3county
Wildfire risk90.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Eureka County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Nevada figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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