Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety85#144/924
Economy95#50/925
Housing16#773/925
Health85#139/925
Healthcare47#493/923
Environment99#11/917
Education82#168/925
Infrastructure83#156/925
Community79#193/925
Leisure & amenities86#131/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high85.8%
100/100Nevada 66.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$114,844
98/100Nevada $69,820United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · low1,283 /100k
98/100Nevada 2,768 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Broadband subscriptions · high93.9%
96/100Nevada 92.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high11.3 /10k
96/100Nevada 7.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low22
96/100Nevada 572025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.511
3/100Nevada 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
4/100Nevada 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · high6.8×
4/100Nevada 5.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high32.5%
12/100Nevada 33.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high54.4%
14/100Nevada 55.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Distance to an emergency room · high10.8 mi
14/100Nevada 4.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 3% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−97 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.9% (2015-2019) → 54.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Hot daysWorsening
4 days (2011-2020) → 6 days (2016-2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Traffic deathsImproving
19.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 9.4 /100k (2020-2024)
−53%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−50%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,343 /100k (2019) → 1,283 /100k (2023)
−45%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area improved on 16 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 5 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Libraries+19%1.0 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Traffic deaths−53%19.9 /100k → 9.4 /100k
Real income+42%$80,614 → $114,844
Firearm deaths−43%24.2 /100k → 13.7 /100k
Household income+36%$66,810 → $91,077

Declined6

Inequality+0.0710.441 → 0.511
Rent / income+6.3 points26.2% → 32.5%
Rent burden+13 points40.9% → 54.4%
Price / income+1.1×5.7× → 6.8×
Pharmacies−26%0.8 /10k → 0.6 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.7 /10k2020	11.3 /10k2025	+31%	Improved	87%
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	26.4 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	89.2%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	8%
Child poverty rate	12.4%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	89%
Drug overdose deaths	20.2 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−35%	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.54%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	37%
Firearm deaths	24.2 /100k2020	13.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−43%	Improved	98%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	82%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	69%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	5.7×2015-2019	6.8×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	10%
Homicide rate	3.5 /100k2020	3.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	35%
Income adjusted for local prices	$80,6142019	$114,8442024	+42%	Improved	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.5112020-2024	+0.071	Declined	0%
Median household income	$66,8102015-2019	$91,0772020-2024	+36%	Improved	89%
New business applications	13.1 /1k2020	15.0 /1k2025	+14%	Improved	12%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−26%	Declined	12%
Poverty rate	8.7%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Property crime rate	1,081 /100k2020	608 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	73%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.2 /10k2024	+19%	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	26.2%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Declined	1%
Rent-burdened households	40.9%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	1%
Restaurants and bars	11.6 /10k2020	10.9 /10k2025	−5.9%	Declined	22%
Suicide rate	23.6 /100k2020	24.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.4%	Little change	56%
Traffic deaths	19.9 /100k2015-2019	9.4 /100k2020-2024	−53%	Improved	100%
Unemployment rate	9.2%2020	4.4%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.5%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Improved	86%
Violent crime rate	150 /100k2020	143 /100k2025	−5%	Improved	33%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area 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, Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

51,239 residents (±239)

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

21,760 households (±380)

Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%2,595
$25k–50k15%3,291
$50k–75k13%2,784

Homes

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

Owners and renters

21,760 households (±380)

Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area
United States share

Own79%17,151
Rent21%4,609

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

21,510 workers (±780)

Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone73%15,784
Carpool8.7%1,864
Public transit0.3%†64

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 no occupation wages for Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area.

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.

Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA has 1,760 employer establishments, 348 for every 10,000 residents (1.40× the US rate of 248), with 16,834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,044. The Census Bureau also counts 5,729 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,760; 5,729 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 348; US 248
Paid employees: 16,834
Average annual pay: $51,044; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	153	30.3	1.96×More than typical	1,006	$64,084	259
Lessors of real estate	136	26.9	2.19×More than typical	354	$71,613	948
Restaurants and other eating places	104	20.6	1.12×About typical	1,522	$24,851	7
Ambulatory health care services	86	17	0.82×About typical	616	$78,633	237
Construction of buildings	75	14.8	1.96×More than typical	304	$64,023	176
Management, scientific and technical consulting	72	14.3	2.12×More than typical	215	$110,367	335
Services to buildings and dwellings	62	12.3	1.82×More than typical	564	$35,699	236
Real estate agents and brokers	57	11.3	2.32×More than typical	82	$64,793	289
Building equipment contractors	55	10.9	1.81×More than typical	314	$64,134	54
Full-service restaurants	47	9.3	1.21×About typical	723	$27,368	4
Computer systems design and related services	43	8.5	1.97×More than typical	101	$127,089	87
Limited-service restaurants	40	7.9	0.99×About typical	624	$23,128	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 50,512 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18.2M on contracts performed in Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area: $357 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $18.2M; +172% vs FY2025
Per resident: $357; US $1,995
Sole-source: 2.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 76%; 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

Forest Service$14.8M81%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.6M8.7%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$925.7K5.1%
Environmental Protection Agency$631.4K3.5%
Department of the Army$86K0.5%
Departmental Offices$84.9K0.5%
Federal Aviation Administration$68.2K0.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$48.4K0.3%

Top recipients

SKYDANCE HELICOPTERS OF NORTHERN NEVADA$12.6M69%
SUPERIOR HELICOPTER SERVICES, LLC$1.1M6.1%
PERMA-CAL INDUSTRIES, INC$1M5.7%
AIR SHASTA ROTOR & WING, INC.$879.8K4.8%
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.$631.4K3.5%

Spending by fiscal year

19.9MFY2017
21.8MFY2018
15.9MFY2019
10.1MFY2020
13MFY2021
11.3MFY2022
7.6MFY2023
8.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$14.6M80%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1M5.5%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$631.4K3.5%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$449.7K2.5%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$385.3K2.1%
Utility system construction · 2371$255.5K

Largest awards

HSS MATOC TYPE 3 MINDEN N406AS$3.3M
AIR SHASTA ROTOR & WING, INC.· Douglas County, NV· Facilities & utilities· May 30, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 1202SA24K9321
RAF-DES TASK ORDER FOR OVERSIGHT SUPPORT AT LEVIATHAN MINE SUPERFUND SITE$2M
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.· Alpine County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 26, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 68HE0924F0089
HSS MATOC TYPE 3 MINDEN NV N322AH$1.1M
SUPERIOR HELICOPTER SERVICES, LLC· Douglas County, NV· Facilities & utilities· Apr 20, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 1202SA26K9301
0816-083126 N1144C PKG-73133

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $523.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area: $10,227 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $523.2M; −5.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,227; US $12,957
Loan face value: $31.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$389.8M75%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$40.4M7.7%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$38M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$20.1M3.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$17.6M3.4%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$2.7M0.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.7M0.5%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$2.6M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$36.7M7.0%
SACRAMENTO, CA
WASHOE HOUSING AUTHORITY$3.6M0.7%
GARDNERVILLE, NV
CARSON CITY, NEVADA$2M0.4%
CARSON CITY, NV
WASHOE TRIBE OF NEVADA & CALIFORNIA$1.9M0.4%
GARDNERVILLE, NV
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS$1.9M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$430.3M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$44.8M8.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$33.9M6.5%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.6M0.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Aviation Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

404.4MFY2021
403.7MFY2022
472.3MFY2023
509.1MFY2024
552.2MFY2025
523.2MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Gardnerville RanchosPrincipal city12,114

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Nevada

Areas based in Nevada, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved16

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Nevada

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved16

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought