City · Humboldt County, Nevada

Winnemucca, Nevada

Winnemucca is a city in Humboldt County, Nevada, part of the Winnemucca, NV metro area. It has 8,361 residents. Winnemucca, Nevada has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,128 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nevada it ranks #45 of 67 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), public transit commuters (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), mammography screening (low) and drug overdose deaths (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,128 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nevada: #45 of 67 in NV
Population: 8,361 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 853.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3284800

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety16#13,088/15,637
Economy59#6,399/15,631
Housing39#9,076/14,977
Health21#12,382/15,609
Healthcare13#13,655/15,650
Environment46#8,356/15,453
Education14#13,423/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,130/15,650
Community17#12,956/15,651
Leisure & amenities84#2,490/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high7.3%
99/100Nevada 2.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHumboldt County value
Public transit commuters · high8.4%
97/100Nevada 2.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Public EV charging ports · high19.7 /10k
96/100Nevada 8.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHumboldt County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.4 µg/m³
94/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHumboldt County value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Nevada 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHumboldt County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Nevada 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHumboldt County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low14.0%
0/100Nevada 35.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumboldt County value
Mammography screening · low27.0%
1/100Nevada 36.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumboldt County value
Drug overdose deaths · high58.4 /100k
1/100Nevada 32.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHumboldt County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Nevada 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHumboldt County value
Distance to an airport · high150 mi
2/100Nevada 17 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHumboldt County value
Distance to an emergency room · high18.6 mi
4/100Nevada 4.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHumboldt County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
7,762 (2015-2019) → 8,361 (2020-2024)
+7.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 4.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+410%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
11.9% (2015-2019) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.4% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.3% (2015-2019) → 88.0% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
79.6% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Winnemucca, Nevada improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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

Inequality−0.0810.485 → 0.404
Bachelor's++10 points19.4% → 29.9%
Broadband+9.7 points78.3% → 88.0%
Household income+22%$66,857 → $81,824

Declined1

Child poverty+11 points11.9% → 23.3%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Winnemucca, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	−2.5 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	78.3%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	58%
Child poverty rate	11.9%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	10%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
High school diploma or higher	79.6%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4042020-2024	−0.081	Improved	93%
Median household income	$66,8572015-2019	$81,8242020-2024	+22%	Improved	38%
Poverty rate	11.6%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	9.5%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	39.9%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Unemployment rate	3.5%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Winnemucca, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winnemucca, 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, Winnemucca, Nevada itself moved +8.6 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

8,361 residents (±41)

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

3,444 households (±235)

Winnemucca, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k17%†569
$25k–50k16%†545
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,444 households (±235)

Winnemucca, Nevada
Nevada share

Own61%2,084
Rent39%1,360

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,620 workers (±317)

Winnemucca, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone67%2,431
Carpool14%†496
Public transit8.4%†304

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 Winnemucca, 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 Humboldt County, the county holding most of Winnemucca's residents.

Humboldt County has 418 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Nevada's), with 6,392 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,816. The Census Bureau also counts 1,021 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 418; 1,021 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 6,392
Average annual pay: $67,816; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	37	21.5	1.17×About typical	502	$23,695	4
Ambulatory health care services	23	13.4	0.64×Fewer than typical	145	$44,179	29
Specialty trade contractors	21	12.2	0.79×Fewer than typical	86	$63,942	59
Traveler accommodation	21	12.2	6.77×More than typical	401	$26,342	—
Full-service restaurants	17	9.9	1.29×More than typical	264	$27,716	—
Gasoline stations	17	9.9	3.05×More than typical	279	$32,208	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	8.7	1.09×About typical	217	$19,618	3
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	13	7.6	2.85×More than typical	96	$21,333	11
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	7.6	1.50×More than typical	40	$30,175	36
Lessors of real estate	11	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	18	$42,111	98
Building equipment contractors	10	5.8	0.97×About typical	44	$52,477	13
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	10	5.8	4.80×More than typical	50	$35,920	3

Rank places for an industry Open Humboldt County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,176 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: Winnemucca is mostly in Humboldt County.

See federal money in Humboldt 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.

Winnemucca, 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.

Humboldt County36100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Winnemucca, NV47

Other cities and towns in Humboldt 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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