City · Clark County, Nevada

North Las Vegas, Nevada

North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area. It has 278,595 residents. North Las Vegas, Nevada has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,429 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nevada it ranks #49 of 67 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), distance to an emergency room (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on social associations (low), public libraries (low) and high school diploma or higher (low).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,429 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nevada: #49 of 67 in NV
Population: 278,595 (2020-2024)
Land area: 105 mi²
Density: 2,644.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3251800

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety19#12,702/15,637
Economy48#8,202/15,631
Housing22#11,741/14,977
Health31#10,718/15,609
Healthcare35#10,210/15,650
Environment41#9,154/15,453
Education10#14,049/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,771/15,650
Community14#13,526/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,522/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Las Vegas, Nevada ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clark 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

New business applications · high21.5 /1k
93/100Nevada 19.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauClark County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.0 mi
92/100Nevada 4.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesClark County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.7 /10k
92/100Nevada 7.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClark County value
Distance to an airport · low10 mi
91/100Nevada 17 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauClark County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
86/100Nevada 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
86/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClark County value

Weaknesses

Social associations · low3.4 /10k
2/100Nevada 4.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClark County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
2/100Nevada 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClark County value
High school diploma or higher · low82.9%
4/100Nevada 87.5%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Loneliness · high39.5%
4/100Nevada 37.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · low33.0%
4/100Nevada 36.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClark County value
Median Air Quality Index · high61
5/100Nevada 572025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClark County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
241,369 (2015-2019) → 278,595 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
14.4 /1k (2021) → 6.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.2% (2015-2019) → 93.2% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$59,835 (2015-2019) → $79,542 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.9× (2015-2019) → 5.1× (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
20.6% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, North Las Vegas, Nevada improved on 5 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 4 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.

Improved5

Child poverty−5.2 points20.6% → 15.5%
Household income+33%$59,835 → $79,542
Poverty−1.7 points13.8% → 12.1%
Broadband+8.9 points84.2% → 93.2%
Bachelor's++2 points16.8% → 18.9%

Declined5

Price / income+1.2×3.9× → 5.1×
Unemployment+2 points6.5% → 8.5%
Rent / income+2.7 points31.1% → 33.8%
Rent burden+5.1 points52.3% → 57.4%
Transit use−0.8 points2.6% → 1.7%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of North Las Vegas, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.7 min2015-2019	26.7 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	43%
Broadband subscriptions	84.2%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	20.6%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Improved	69%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	53%
High school diploma or higher	81.4%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	5.1×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	16%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.4022020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$59,8352015-2019	$79,5422020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	13.8%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Improved	60%
Public transit commuters	2.6%2015-2019	1.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	31.1%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Declined	35%
Rent-burdened households	52.3%2015-2019	57.4%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Declined	37%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.8%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“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 North Las Vegas, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Las Vegas, 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, North Las Vegas, Nevada itself moved −1.2 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

278,595 residents (±74)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

88,909 households (±1,362)

North Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k12%11,058
$25k–50k17%15,445
$50k–75k17%14,854

Homes

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

Owners and renters

88,909 households (±1,362)

North Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada share

Own64%56,585
Rent36%32,324

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

127,818 workers (±2,275)

North Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone74%94,525
Carpool12%15,866
Public transit1.7%2,188

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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, 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 Clark County, the county holding most of North Las Vegas's residents.

Clark County has 54,202 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Nevada's), with 974,603 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,015. The Census Bureau also counts 251,511 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 54,202; 251,511 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 974,603
Average annual pay: $55,015; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	5,779	24.6	1.18×About typical	47,247	$67,388	11,639
Restaurants and other eating places	4,680	19.9	1.08×About typical	106,087	$27,180	1,104
Lessors of real estate	3,485	14.8	1.20×About typical	18,804	$62,535	23,318
Specialty trade contractors	2,526	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	59,789	$68,934	7,768
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,512	10.7	1.59×More than typical	10,490	$82,775	9,947
Limited-service restaurants	2,308	9.8	1.22×About typical	44,725	$22,194	367
Offices of physicians	2,154	9.2	1.41×More than typical	16,008	$97,086	1,894
Real estate agents and brokers	1,769	7.5	1.55×More than typical	6,124	$69,049	7,914
Full-service restaurants	1,739	7.4	0.96×About typical	52,696	$32,384	431
Offices of other health practitioners	1,560	6.6	1.09×About typical	7,897	$47,977	4,530
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,478	6.3	0.93×About typical	17,241	$37,349	14,183
Legal services	1,450	6.2	1.15×About typical	8,428	$96,506	1,835

Rank places for an industry Open Clark County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,351,008 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 $95.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in North Las Vegas, Nevada: $343 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $95.4M; +16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $343; US $1,995
Sole-source: 8.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 22%; 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$63.8M67%
Department of the Navy$11.6M12%
Federal Acquisition Service$7.6M8.0%
Department of Energy$5M5.3%
Department of the Air Force$3.6M3.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.2M2.3%
Defense Health Agency$651.8K0.7%
Social Security Administration$166.1K0.2%

Top recipients

TK ELEVATOR CORPORATION$15.5M16%
MILTRAIN JV LLC$11.6M12%
ROCK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$11.4M12%
METRO LOGICS INC$7.6M7.9%
AGILERANK LLC$4.4M4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

114.6MFY2017
85.8MFY2018
69.1MFY2019
113MFY2020
44.1MFY2021
47.3MFY2022
99.8MFY2023
58.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$16.9M18%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$16.8M18%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$12.8M13%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$8.7M9.1%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$7.6M7.9%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 North Las Vegas, Nevada, so they do not add up across cities.

North Las Vegas, Nevada's figures are part of those of Clark County, NV ($2.5B in FY2026), never added to them: 3.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: North Las Vegas is mostly in Clark County.

See federal money in Clark 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.

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

House

Senate

Jacky RosenD-

County

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

Clark County41100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV36

Other cities and towns in Clark 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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