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Indian Springs, NV

Indian Springs's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

736
Residents
$57,813
Median income
$319,100
Median home
$1,428
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet NV-INDIAN-SPRINGS-NV · Indian Springs, NV 736 pop · income 32nd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 736
  • INC-MID $57,813
  • COL-PAR 100.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 32nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coulterville
  • HOME-MID $319,100
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Coulterville, IL (+ $0 income $)

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 Indian Springs

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Indian Springs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Indian Springs 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: 736.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $57,813. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Indian Springs - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Indian Springs places in the 32nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

32nd
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
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: Indian Springs, NV

Nevada's Indian Springs is a small town, with 736 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Indian Springs brings in $57,813 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Home values in Indian Springs run a median of $319,100, and the median resident age is 43.1 years. Educational attainment runs 11.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Nevada scores 100.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,428 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Nevada's average monthly utility costs around $190 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 out of 100 (Low).

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Useful questions to ask of Indian Springs'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 housing and income to schools and households 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 Indian Springs, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Indian Springs?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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2. Schools and households

What does the education layer cover for Indian Springs?

The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.

The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 11.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

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Question 3

What does the journey to work look like in Indian Springs?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

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4. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Indian Springs?

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.

Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Wadsworth (723 residents, $73,182 income); Virginia (721 residents, $108,214 income); Owyhee (760 residents, $59,338 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Grand View Estates, CO (736 residents); Downey, ID (736 residents); Gilbertville, IA (736 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.

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Population

736 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$57,813 /yr

Below median income · poverty 4.1% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

100.0 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average

City profile score · Indian Springs, NV

39/100

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.

Poverty rate B
4.1%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

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.

Household income F
$57,813

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share F
11.4%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Indian Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Cost of living, Household income, Bachelor's+ share. Poverty rateCost of livingHousehold incomeBachelor's+ share 39 F
Indian Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
  • Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
  • Household income: 31/100 (F) · $57,813
  • Bachelor's+ share: 10/100 (F) · 11.4%

How does Indian Springs compare to other US cities?

Indian Springs measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 32% higher than other cities
Home value 68% pricier than other cities
Median rent 67% 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 Indian Springs 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 Indian Springs near the bottom of Nevada's cities

Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Indian Springs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Indian Springs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#78 of 101
23rd percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#52 of 97
46th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#63 of 111
41st percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#87 of 111
22nd 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.

32ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

32nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Indian Springs's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$319,100 32nd percentile more affordable than 32% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). This entry sits in this band. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Indian Springs $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Indian Springs's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,604 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,172 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.5×, Indian Springs sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,604 of 15,516 and #10,172 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$57,813 Indian Springs, NV median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Indian Springs, NV Indian Springs, NV's median household income ($57,813) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Indian Springs, NV-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Indian Springs, NV median $57,813/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Indian Springs, 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 Indian Springs, NV.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 11.4%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 50.4%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
736
Median Income
$57,813
Median Home Value
$319,100
Median Age
43.1
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
50.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.4%

Schools

Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
74.1%
Carpool
13.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.2%
Work from Home
4.3%
Other
2.5%

Based on 324 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 Indian Springs. 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 Indian Springs 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 Indian Springs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Indian Springs 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Indian Springs (this city) 736 $57,813
Wadsworth 723 $73,182
Virginia 721 $108,214
Owyhee 760 $59,338
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.

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Citation & verification links Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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