Scores by category

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

Safety31#10,792/15,637
Economy54#7,195/15,631
Housing41#8,821/14,977
Health27#11,338/15,609
Healthcare33#10,441/15,650
Environment89#1,672/15,453
Education11#13,970/15,649
Infrastructure77#3,570/15,650
Community41#9,285/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,330/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Carson City, Nevada ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carson City 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

Access to exercise opportunities · high98.8%
95/100Nevada 91.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarson City value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high8.4 /10k
93/100Nevada 7.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarson City value
Effective property tax rate · low0.46%
90/100Nevada 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Restaurants and bars · high12.3 /10k
88/100Nevada 8.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarson City value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
87/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCarson City value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Nevada 0United States 02021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarson City value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high29.5×
0/100Nevada 19.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCarson City value
Suicide rate · high37.9 /100k
1/100Nevada 20.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarson City value
Firearm deaths · high31.0 /100k
2/100Nevada 16.8 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarson City value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Nevada 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCarson City value
Home price to income ratio · high6.3×
9/100Nevada 5.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Nevada 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarson City value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
54,773 (2015-2019) → 58,384 (2020-2024)
+6.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
5.3 /1k (2021) → 7.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+46%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.4% (2015-2019) → 91.5% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.1% (2015-2019) → 49.6% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$55,718 (2015-2019) → $72,355 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.9× (2015-2019) → 6.3× (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Carson City, Nevada improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Broadband+9.2 points82.4% → 91.5%
Household income+30%$55,718 → $72,355

Declined2

Price / income+1.3×4.9× → 6.3×
Rent / income+2.6 points27.3% → 29.9%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Carson City, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.2 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	82.4%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	55%
Child poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.46%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	39%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	4.9×2015-2019	6.3×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4532020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$55,7182015-2019	$72,3552020-2024	+30%	Improved	55%
Poverty rate	11.3%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Declined	36%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Unemployment rate	5.1%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.8%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 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 Carson City, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carson City, 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.

For comparison, Carson City, Nevada itself moved −3.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

58,384 residents

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: 70–79 men (+1.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

58,384 residents

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

White62%36,270
Black1.7%981
Hispanic or Latino26%15,385
Asian2.4%1,407
American Indian and Alaska Native1.4%816
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†28
Other or two or more races6.0%3,497

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.9 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

42,203 residents (±161)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

No high school diploma11%4,549
High school or GED28%11,709
Some college27%11,367
Associate degree11%4,562
Bachelor's degree15%6,146
Graduate degree9.2%3,870

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−2.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

23,692 households (±385)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k13%3,076
$25k–50k20%4,781
$50k–75k19%4,531
$75k–100k15%3,546
$100k–150k16%3,775
$150k–200k7.8%1,844
$200k or more9.0%2,139

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.9 points).

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

23,692 households (±385)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Own62%14,769
Rent38%8,923

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

8,675 households (±510)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $75011%938
$750–1,00019%1,645
$1,000–1,50036%3,134

Home values

14,769 homes (±503)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $150k11%1,654
$150k–250k5.6%†820
$250k–400k22%3,272

Age of homes

25,156 homes (±88)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

2010 or later5.6%1,400
2000–200911%2,798
1980–199935%8,742

Size of homes

25,156 homes (±88)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Studio4.0%1,008
1 bedroom10.0%2,512
2 bedrooms23%5,822

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

26,299 workers (±674)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone71%18,569
Carpool15%3,852
Public transit1.4%†355
Walk1.8%†486
Bike0.2%†55
Work from home9.8%2,584
Other1.5%†398

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

23,715 workers (±691)

Carson City, Nevada
Nevada share

Under 15 min42%10,061
15–29 min30%7,009
30–44 min18%4,277

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Carson City, NV

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 Carson City, the county holding most of Carson City's residents.

Carson City has 1,962 employer establishments, 336 for every 10,000 residents (1.35× the US rate of 248; 1.40× Nevada's), with 22,826 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,749. The Census Bureau also counts 4,994 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,962; 4,994 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 336; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 22,826
Average annual pay: $57,749; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	191	32.7	1.57×More than typical	1,695	$87,526	227
Restaurants and other eating places	129	22.1	1.20×About typical	2,326	$24,668	17
Specialty trade contractors	123	21.1	1.36×More than typical	846	$63,982	198
Lessors of real estate	88	15.1	1.22×About typical	494	$52,417	786
Construction of buildings	72	12.3	1.63×More than typical	347	$73,553	98
Services to buildings and dwellings	72	12.3	1.83×More than typical	268	$57,112	318
Management, scientific and technical consulting	69	11.8	1.76×More than typical	247	$61,510	229
Full-service restaurants	66	11.3	1.47×More than typical	1,220	$28,642	10
Offices of other health practitioners	53	9.1	1.49×More than typical	190	$49,874	137
Offices of physicians	50	8.6	1.32×More than typical	674	$122,639	49
Limited-service restaurants	48	8.2	1.03×About typical	834	$19,647	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	46	7.9	1.57×More than typical	297	$49,933	48

Rank places for an industry Open Carson City

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 58,367 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 $22.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Carson City, Nevada: $379 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $22.1M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $379; US $1,994
Sole-source: 49%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$10.2M46%
Defense Logistics Agency$5.3M24%
Forest Service$1.8M8.0%
Bureau of Reclamation$1.7M7.5%
Bureau of Land Management$1.2M5.2%
Social Security Administration$456.7K2.1%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$326.3K1.5%
Department of the Navy$265.9K1.2%

Top recipients

FIDELIS SUSTAINABILITY DISTRIBUTION LLC$14.7M67%
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.$1.3M5.9%
NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$1M4.6%
HOUSTONS TRAIL'S END, INC.$683K3.1%
COVENANT CARE CARSON LLC$491.5K2.2%

Spending by fiscal year

16.5MFY2017
29.2MFY2018
15.1MFY2019
19.6MFY2020
32.3MFY2021
24.1MFY2022
31.5MFY2023
34.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$8.8M40%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$5M23%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$1.7M7.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.3M5.9%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$942.7K4.3%
Special food services · 7223

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Carson City, Nevada

LAHONTAN BASIN AREA OFFICE (LBAO) TAHOE DAM REPLACEMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY$6.7M
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.· Carson City, NV· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2023 – May 22, 2026· 140R2023F0098
PROCUREMENT EFFORT TO BUY TWO (2) ENGINE SETS WORTH OF NON-OEM LM2500 SINGLE CRYSTAL, SINGLE-SHANK TURBINE, HIGH-PRESSURE TURBINE MATERIAL$2.1M
CHROMALLOY GAS TURBINE LLC· Carson City, NV· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 30, 2025 – Oct 22, 2025· N6449825P2032
EXPRESS REPORT: NX ORDERS PLACED DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026$2.1M
FIDELIS SUSTAINABILITY DISTRIBUTION LLC· Carson City, NV· Health & medical· Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· 36C10X26K0181

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 Carson City, Nevada, so they do not add up across cities.

Carson City, Nevada's figures are part of those of Carson City, NV ($22.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 99% of that total.

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

See federal money in Carson City

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.

Carson City, Nevada is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark E. AmodeiR-NV-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 2.8%

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.

Carson City55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Carson City, NV64

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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