Metro area · Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Nevada, home to 2,407,226 residents. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #594 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Nevada it ranks #7 of 8. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), distance to an airport (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), social associations (low) and median Air Quality Index (high).

36Low
Quality-of-life score
#594 of 925 metro and micro areas
Nevada
#7 of 8 in NV
Population
2,407,226 (2025)
Land area
7,892 mi²
Density
305.0 /mi²
CBSA code
29820

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

Scores by category

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

  • Safety26#681/924
  • Economy58#393/925
  • Housing9#845/925
  • Health56#412/925
  • Healthcare37#579/923
  • Environment29#653/917
  • Education44#517/925
  • Infrastructure73#247/925
  • Community26#682/925
  • Leisure & amenities62#356/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

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.

Counties in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

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

  1. Clark CountyCentral county412,407,226

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. HendersonPrincipal city332,141
  2. Las VegasPrincipal city660,400
  3. North Las VegasPrincipal city278,595
  4. ParadisePrincipal city185,913

Largest cities and towns

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

  1. Las Vegas660,400
  2. Henderson332,141
  3. North Las Vegas278,595
  4. Enterprise240,464
  5. Spring Valley219,187
  6. Sunrise Manor200,218
  7. Paradise185,913
  8. Whitney47,221
  9. Winchester37,081
  10. Summerlin South31,354
  11. Mesquite22,059
  12. Boulder City14,919
  13. Laughlin8,789
  14. Moapa Valley6,684
  15. Nellis AFB5,087
  16. Sandy Valley1,742
  17. Indian Springs1,180
  18. Moapa Town958
  19. Mount Charleston465
  20. Bunkerville370
  21. Blue Diamond351
  22. Goodsprings311
  23. Cal-Nev-Ari275
  24. Searchlight246

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.

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