Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety41#9,277/15,637
Economy42#8,995/15,631
Housing8#13,811/14,977
Health25#11,777/15,609
Healthcare19#12,644/15,650
Environment77#3,607/15,453
Education31#10,740/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,709/15,650
Community10#14,089/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,918/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Caliente, Nevada ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lincoln County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high9.3 /10k
100/100Nevada 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Public libraries · high4.6 /10k
99/100Nevada 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLincoln County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Nevada 5.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
98/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLincoln County value
Restaurants and bars · high16.2 /10k
96/100Nevada 8.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Nevada 5.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionLincoln County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high99.6 /100k
0/100Nevada 12.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLincoln County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Nevada 4.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Distance to an emergency room · high34.0 mi
0/100Nevada 4.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLincoln County value
Mammography screening · low22.0%
0/100Nevada 36.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Flu vaccinations · low22.0%
2/100Nevada 35.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low32.0%
3/100Nevada 91.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
888 (2015-2019) → 1,146 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
4.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
19.4% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
9.0 min (2015-2019) → 15.9 min (2020-2024)
+76%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.8% (2015-2019) → 63.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
14.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Caliente, Nevada improved on 0 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of Caliente, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Broadband subscriptions	67.5%2015-2019	79.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	70%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.3992020-2024	−0.055	Within the margin of error	86%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	47.8%2015-2019	63.0%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Caliente, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Caliente, Nevada in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Caliente, Nevada five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Caliente, Nevada itself moved +7.5 points in standing on average over the same 5 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,146 residents (±349)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+16.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,146 residents (±349)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

White88%†1,008
Black1.3%†15
Hispanic or Latino1.8%†

Education

769 residents (±260)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

No high school diploma3.8%†29
High school or GED42%†322
Some college23%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

424 households (±159)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k20%†85
$25k–50k8.5%†36
$50k–75k25%†107
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k29%†121
$150k–200k9.7%†41
$200k or more8.0%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−23.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

424 households (±159)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Own57%†243
Rent43%†181

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

181 households (±108)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $75056%†102
$750–1,00033%†60
$1,000–1,50010%†19

Home values

243 homes (±114)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $150k25%†61
$150k–250k66%†160
$250k–400k9.1%†22

Age of homes

609 homes (±185)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

2010 or later3.4%†21
2000–200913%†78
1980–199945%†277

Size of homes

609 homes (±185)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Studio2.1%†13
1 bedroom10%†62
2 bedrooms27%†163

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

437 workers (±182)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone67%†294
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk20%†89
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†54
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

383 workers (±161)

Caliente, Nevada
Nevada share

Under 15 min65%†249
15–29 min12%†47
30–44 min0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lincoln County, the county holding most of Caliente's residents.

Lincoln County has 74 employer establishments, 167 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Nevada's), with 579 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,123. The Census Bureau also counts 385 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 74; 385 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 167; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 579
Average annual pay: $36,123; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lincoln County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Gasoline stations	5	11.3	3.47×Too few to compare	82	$22,427	—
Grocery and convenience stores	5	11.3	3.79×Too few to compare	67	$20,343	—
Banks and credit unions	4	9	2.79×Too few to compare	30	$61,267	—
Specialty trade contractors	4	9	0.58×Too few to compare	9	$64,889	22
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.8	0.32×Too few to compare	22	$18,364	19
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	3	6.8	5.57×Too few to compare	12	$14,667	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	6.8	0.37×Too few to compare	37	$17,324	3
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Lincoln County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,441 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,232 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Caliente, Nevada: $1.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,232; −95% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Land Management$1,232100%

Top recipients

DIGITAL PLAZA LLC$1,465100%
G2 ARCHAEOLOGY$00.0%
STRATUM UNLIMITED L.L.C.$00.0%
ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP, INC.$00.0%
LOGAN SIMPSON DESIGN INC.$00.0%
SWCA, INCORPORATED$00.0%
ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING SPECIALIST, LLC$00.0%
CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY-$2330.0%

Spending by fiscal year

19.3KFY2017
48.6KFY2018
19KFY2019
38.1KFY2020
19KFY2021
15.7KFY2022
64KFY2023
8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$1,465100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Caliente, Nevada, so they do not add up across cities.

Caliente, Nevada's figures are part of those of Lincoln County, NV ($553.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Caliente is mostly in Lincoln County.

See federal money in Lincoln County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Caliente, Nevada is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lincoln County34100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Lincoln County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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