Metro area · Nevada

Reno, NV metro area

Reno, NV is a metropolitan area of 3 counties in Nevada, home to 578,734 residents. Reno, NV metro area has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #411 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Nevada it ranks #3 of 8. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), job growth (high) and adult obesity (low). It ranks worst on social associations (low), drug overdose deaths (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

56Moderate
Quality-of-life score
#411 of 925 metro and micro areas
Nevada
#3 of 8 in NV
Population
578,734 (2025)
Land area
8,583 mi²
Density
67.4 /mi²
CBSA code
39900

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 Reno, NV metro area

Scores by category

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

  • Safety19#745/924
  • Economy88#116/925
  • Housing15#783/925
  • Health63#345/925
  • Healthcare60#370/923
  • Environment41#544/917
  • Education61#365/925
  • Infrastructure90#98/925
  • Community33#620/925
  • Leisure & amenities72#260/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Reno, 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 Reno, NV metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Reno, 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 Reno, 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. Washoe CountyCentral county54509,386
  2. Lyon CountyOutlying county3065,088
  3. Storey CountyOutlying county544,260

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. RenoPrincipal city273,212

Largest cities and towns

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

  1. Reno273,212
  2. Sparks110,024
  3. Fernley24,225
  4. Sun Valley22,228
  5. Spanish Springs17,980
  6. Dayton15,781
  7. Cold Springs11,321
  8. Incline Village9,272
  9. Silver Springs5,060
  10. Lemmon Valley4,412
  11. Washoe Valley3,315
  12. Yerington3,150
  13. Stagecoach1,892
  14. Smith Valley1,807
  15. Golden Valley1,139
  16. Mogul1,050
  17. Verdi1,012
  18. Wadsworth705
  19. Virginia City644
  20. Nixon305
  21. Sutcliffe282
  22. Crystal Bay131
  23. Silver City118
  24. Gerlach58

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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