Census-designated place · Mineral County, Nevada

Hawthorne, Nevada

Hawthorne is a census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada. It has 2,809 residents. Hawthorne, Nevada has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,861 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nevada it ranks #33 of 67 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), time spent in the emergency room (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on mammography screening (low), social associations (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,861 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nevada: #33 of 67 in NV
Population: 2,809 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,596.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3231300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety58#6,559/15,637
Economy30#10,871/15,631
Housing75#3,673/14,977
Health3#15,127/15,609
Healthcare28#11,334/15,650
Environment75#3,907/15,453
Education6#14,760/15,649
Infrastructure49#7,911/15,650
Community17#13,025/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,239/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high36.3 /10k
99/100Nevada 8.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMineral County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low82 min
99/100Nevada 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMineral County value
Public libraries · high4.5 /10k
98/100Nevada 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMineral County value
Property crime rate · low249 /100k
98/100Nevada 1,996 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMineral County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.6 µg/m³
98/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMineral County value
Rent as share of income · low17.3%
98/100Nevada 33.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low21.0%
0/100Nevada 36.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMineral County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Nevada 4.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMineral County value
Flu vaccinations · low16.0%
0/100Nevada 35.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMineral County value
Traffic deaths · high66.0 /100k
1/100Nevada 12.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMineral County value
Food environment index · low4.6
1/100Nevada 7.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMineral County value
Premature death · high18,707 /100k
1/100Nevada 8,670 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMineral County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.4% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 92.4% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 16.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,993 (2015-2019) → $67,300 (2020-2024)
+82%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.8% (2015-2019) → 17.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
9.0 min (2015-2019) → 13.1 min (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Hawthorne, Nevada improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved4

Household income+82%$36,993 → $67,300
Rent / income−14 points30.8% → 17.3%
Inequality−0.1120.434 → 0.322
Broadband+20 points72.6% → 92.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Hawthorne, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.0 min2015-2019	13.1 min2020-2024	+4.1 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.3222020-2024	−0.112	Improved	97%
Median household income	$36,9932015-2019	$67,3002020-2024	+82%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	9.7%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.1%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	87%

“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 Hawthorne, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hawthorne, 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, Hawthorne, Nevada itself moved +22 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,809 residents (±305)

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: 30–39 women (+5.6 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

2,809 residents (±305)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

White68%1,912
Black4.3%†120
Hispanic or Latino18%†493
Asian0.0%†1
American Indian and Alaska Native0.6%†17
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races9.5%†266

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+7.5 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

2,121 residents (±268)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

No high school diploma7.2%†153
High school or GED44%924
Some college27%†565
Associate degree6.9%†147
Bachelor's degree12%†260
Graduate degree3.4%†72

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 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

1,112 households (±187)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k11%†120
$25k–50k28%†309
$50k–75k18%†200
$75k–100k15%†170
$100k–150k26%†290
$150k–200k2.1%†23
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−24.3 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

1,112 households (±187)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Own67%743
Rent33%†369

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

369 households (±171)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $75026%†97
$750–1,00027%†99
$1,000–1,50024%†89

Home values

743 homes (±183)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $150k41%†302
$150k–250k43%†318
$250k–400k17%†123

Age of homes

1,475 homes (±180)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

2010 or later1.5%†22
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199916%†234

Size of homes

1,475 homes (±180)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Studio1.2%†18
1 bedroom12%†170
2 bedrooms33%†494

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

1,031 workers (±243)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone78%†800
Carpool5.2%†54
Public transit0.0%0
Walk15%†155
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.1%†22
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

1,009 workers (±245)

Hawthorne, Nevada
Nevada share

Under 15 min78%†791
15–29 min15%†150
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 Mineral County, the county holding most of Hawthorne's residents.

Mineral County has 58 employer establishments, 128 for every 10,000 residents (0.52× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Nevada's), with 647 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,219. The Census Bureau also counts 205 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 58; 205 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 128; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 647
Average annual pay: $40,219; US $68,342

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

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	5	11.1	9.12×Too few to compare	20	$39,950	—
Gasoline stations	5	11.1	3.41×Too few to compare	26	$27,769	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	11.1	0.60×Too few to compare	49	$20,612	—
Limited-service restaurants	3	6.6	0.83×Too few to compare	49	$16,878	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	6
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	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Banks and credit unions	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Mineral County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,520 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Mineral 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.

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

House

Steven HorsfordD-NV-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 1.5%

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.

Mineral County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mineral 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
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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