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SheetNV-AMARGOSA-VALLEY-NV · Amargosa Valley, NV 1,408 pop · income 28th pct · 15 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Amargosa Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Amargosa Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Indios comuni… · lowest
21,154
Indios comuni… · lowest
21,154 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #1
Washington Co… · near
55,571
Washington Co… · near
55,571 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #2
Amargosa Vall… · this city
55,573
Amargosa Vall… · this city
55,573 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #3
Hollywood · near
55,573
Hollywood · near
55,573 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #4
Belle Rive · near
55,577
Belle Rive · near
55,577 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #5
Butler · near
55,577
Butler · near
55,577 median HH income
44.1% of the leader · rank #6
Genoa · highest
125,952
Genoa · highest
125,952 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Amargosa Valley on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,408.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Amargosa Valley lands in the 28th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
28th
percentile, household income
67th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Amargosa Valley, NV
1,408 people live in Amargosa Valley, Nevada - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Amargosa Valley households earn a median of $55,573 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.8%. The median resident age is 34.5 years. About 23.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 30.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,428 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Nevada's average monthly utility costs around $190 (state average). Commute times here average 17.4 minutes, with 95.3% driving alone and 4.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 46.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Amargosa Valley's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Amargosa Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Within-city variation
What can 15 Census tracts reveal inside Amargosa Valley?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 15 Census tracts to this city.
What does the journey to work look like in Amargosa Valley?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.4 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Amargosa Valley?
Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Jackpot (1,429 residents, $63,560 income); East Valley (1,341 residents, $111,932 income); Panaca (1,272 residents, $61,935 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arbury Hills, IL (1,408 residents); Lynchburg, OH (1,408 residents); Harrisville, WV (1,408 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Below median income · poverty 12.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average
F
City profile score · Amargosa Valley, NV
34/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
12.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$55,573
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Amargosa Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 23.0%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Poverty rate: 29/100 (F) · 12.8%
Household income: 28/100 (F) · $55,573
How does Amargosa Valley compare to other US cities?
Amargosa Valley measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income28% higher than other cities
Median rent67% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Amargosa Valley against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nevada only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Nevada-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Amargosa Valley near the bottom of Nevada's cities
Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Amargosa Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Amargosa Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#80 of 101
21st percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#22 of 111
80th percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#44 of 111
60th percentile in Nevada
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nevada only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
28th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$55,573Amargosa Valley, NV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Amargosa Valley, NV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Amargosa Valley, NV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)30.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,408
Median Income
$55,573
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
12.8%
Labor force participation
30.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.4 minutes
Drive Alone
95.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.7%
Based on 298 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Nevada statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $190
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nevada at $190 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Nevada statewide averages, not a meter reading for Amargosa Valley. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Nevada's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Amargosa Valley is $1,428/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nevada statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Nevada statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Amargosa Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Amargosa Valley compares to similar-size Nevada cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.