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SheetNV-SPANISH-SPRINGS-NV · Spanish Springs, NV 17,512 pop · income 88th pct
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 Spanish Springs
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Spanish Springs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McKeesport · lowest
31,854
McKeesport · lowest
31,854 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #1
Spanish Sprin… · this city
121,250
Spanish Sprin… · this city
121,250 median HH income
87.9% of the leader · rank #2
Dorchester · near
121,250
Dorchester · near
121,250 median HH income
87.9% of the leader · rank #3
Verona · near
121,250
Verona · near
121,250 median HH income
87.9% of the leader · rank #4
Cousins Island · near
121,250
Cousins Island · near
121,250 median HH income
87.9% of the leader · rank #5
Yamhill · near
121,250
Yamhill · near
121,250 median HH income
87.9% of the leader · rank #6
Melissa · highest
137,875
Melissa · highest
137,875 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 Spanish 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: 17,512.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Spanish Springs places in the 88th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
88th
percentile, household income
89th
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: Spanish Springs, NV
Nevada's Spanish Springs is a small town, with 17,512 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Spanish Springs brings in $121,250 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.6%. Typical homes in Spanish Springs are valued around $600,000, and the median resident age is 46.0 years. About 32.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 52.0°F with 9.2 inches of precipitation per year.
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. 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 Spanish Springs workers runs 26.8 minutes, with 79.4% driving alone and 10.6% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 46.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Spanish 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 work and mobility to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Spanish Springs, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Spanish Springs?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Spanish Springs?
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 79.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.8 minutes.
What physical conditions frame life in Spanish Springs?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 52.0°F, with 9.2 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Nevada is 46.2 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Which cities make useful reference points for Spanish Springs?
Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Dayton (15,873 residents, $91,221 income); Spring Creek (14,967 residents, $104,381 income); Boulder City (14,888 residents, $69,145 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Streetsboro, OH (17,514 residents); Wahiawa, HI (17,515 residents); McKeesport, PA (17,520 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.
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 A
1.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A
$121,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.0%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Spanish Springs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 89/100 (A) · 1.6%
Household income: 86/100 (A) · $121,250
Bachelor's+ share: 61/100 (C+) · 32.0%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
How does Spanish Springs compare to other US cities?
Spanish Springs measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Home value89% pricier 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 Spanish 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 Spanish Springs near the bottom of Nevada's cities
Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Spanish Springs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Spanish Springs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#9 of 101
91st percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#22 of 97
77th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#79 of 111
29th percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#29 of 111
74th 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
88th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Spanish Springs's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$600,00011th percentilemore affordable than 11% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,800 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,576 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.9×, Spanish Springs sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,800 of 15,516 and #2,576 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$121,250Spanish Springs, NV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Spanish 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 Spanish Springs, NV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,512
Median Income
$121,250
Median Home Value
$600,000
Median Age
46.0
Poverty Rate
1.6%
Labor force participation
61.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.0%
Climate
Avg Temperature
52.0°F
Annual Precipitation
9.2"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.8 minutes
Drive Alone
79.4%
Carpool
7.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
10.6%
Other
1.6%
Based on 8,704 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish Springs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Spanish 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.