What is the population of Nellis AFB, NV?

Use the Data Snapshot above for Nellis AFB's headcount; it is the Census ACS 5-year B01001 estimate for this place, not a same-day count.

What is the median household income in Nellis AFB, NV?

Median household income for Nellis AFB is Census ACS table B19013 (5-year). The Data Snapshot owns the dollar figure; this answer only names the table and vintage.

City profile · Nevada · Census ACS 2023

Nellis AFB, NV

Name: Nellis AFB, NV City Data
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Nellis AFB's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

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4,755
Residents: $67,036
Median income: $1,428
Median rent (state)

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Place dossier plate

Sheet NV-NELLIS-AFB-NV · Nellis AFB, NV 4,755 pop · income 46th pct

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

POP-VILLAGE 4,755
INC-MID $67,036
COL-PAR 100.0
SAFE-UNK Safety pending
RANK-MID 46th
PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Globe
HOME-UNK Homes pending
BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: East Globe, AZ ( $5 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.

Combee Settle… · lowest

41,366
East Globe · near

67,031
Cathedral City · near

67,031
Zearing · near

67,031
Westfir · near

67,031
Nellis AFB · this city

67,036
Cedar Knolls · highest

166,077

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.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Nellis AFB 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: 4,755.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $67,036. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Nellis AFB - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Nellis AFB lands in the 46th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

46th
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: Nellis AFB, NV

4,755 people live in Nellis AFB, Nevada - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $67,036 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. The median resident age is 21.4 years. About 21.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 23.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,428 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $190 across Nevada, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Nellis AFB workers runs 19.5 minutes, with 80.4% driving alone and 0.9% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 46.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).

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

1. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Nellis AFB?

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.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.5 minutes.

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Question 2

Which cities make useful reference points for Nellis AFB?

Within Nevada, the closest population matches are West Wendover (4,507 residents, $47,394 income); Lemmon Valley (4,385 residents, $91,132 income); Silver Springs (5,523 residents, $53,105 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Combee Settlement, FL (4,756 residents); Warm Mineral Springs, FL (4,756 residents); Cedar Knolls, NJ (4,754 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.

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Population

4,755 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$67,036 /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 · Nellis AFB, NV

49/100

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.

Household income D

$67,036

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

Bachelor's+ share F

21.5%

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).

Nellis AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)

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Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Household income: 45/100 (D) · $67,036
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 39/100 (F) · 21.5%

How does Nellis AFB compare to other US cities?

Where Nellis AFB sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 46% higher 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 Nellis AFB 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 Nellis AFB near the bottom of Nevada's cities

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

Median Household Income

#66 of 101

35th percentile in Nevada

Median Gross Rent

#1 of 111

0th percentile in Nevada

Poverty Rate

#63 of 111

41st percentile in Nevada

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

#50 of 111

55th 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

46th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

Income distribution context

$67,036 Nellis AFB, NV median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context

Nellis AFB, 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 Nellis AFB, NV.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 21.5%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 23.6%

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

Population

4,755

Median Income

$67,036

Median Home Value

N/A

Median Age

21.4

Poverty Rate

4.1%

Labor force participation

23.6%

Bachelor's Degree+

21.5%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time

19.5 minutes

Drive Alone

80.4%

Carpool

11.1%

Public Transit

1.5%

Walk

4.3%

Work from Home

0.9%

Other

1.8%

Based on 1,851 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 Nellis AFB. 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 Nellis AFB 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 Nellis AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Nellis AFB 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
Nellis AFB (this city)	4,755	$67,036
West Wendover	4,507	$47,394
Lemmon Valley	4,385	$91,132
Silver Springs	5,523	$53,105

Primary sources on this page

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.

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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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