Washoe County, NV has a population of 446,903 people with a median age of 38.1 and a median household income of $56,382. Between 2014 and 2015 the population of Washoe County, NV grew from 440,078 to 446,903, a 1.55% increase and its median household income grew from $52,618 to $56,382, a 7.15% increase.
The population of Washoe County, NV is 63.5% White, 23.9% Hispanic, and 5.03% Asian. N/A of the people in Washoe County, NV speak a non-English language, and 92.7% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Washoe County, NV are University of Nevada-Reno, with 4,004 graduates, Truckee Meadows Community College, with 2,355 graduates, and Milan Institute-Sparks, with 320 graduates.
The median property value in Washoe County, NV is $268,400, and the homeownership rate is 55.7%. Most people in Washoe County, NV commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 20 minutes. The average car ownership in Washoe County, NV is 2 cars per household.
Washoe County, NV is the 2nd most populated county in Nevada and borders Lassen County, CA; Modoc County, CA; Nevada County, CA; Placer County, CA; Sierra County, CA; Churchill County, NV; Humboldt County, NV; Lyon County, NV; Pershing County, NV; Storey County, NV; Carson City County, NV; Harney County, OR; Lake County, OR& 8 more.
The economy of Washoe County, NV employs 219,522 people. The economy of Washoe County, NV is specialized in Arts, Entertainment, Recreation; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; and Accommodation & Food Service, which employ respectively 2.85; 1.38; and 1.35 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Washoe County, NV are Retail trade (27,469), Accommodation & Food Service (23,114), and Healthcare & Social Assistance (22,693), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($154,429), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($74,052), and Utilities ($70,620).
Median household income in Washoe County, NV is $56,382. Males in Washoe County, NV have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $41,387. The income inequality of Washoe County, NV (measured using the Gini index) is 0.41 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Washoe County, NV. In Washoe County, NV the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 73 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $7,918. Lyon County, NV has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Nevada.
Washoe County, NV is home to a population of 446,903 people, from which 92.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Washoe County, NV is composed of 283,719 White residents (63.5%), 106,906 Hispanic residents (23.9%), 22,477 Asian residents (5.03%), 15,025 Two+ residents (3.36%), and 9,729 Black residents (2.18%). The most common foreign languages in Washoe County, NV are Spanish (69,009 speakers), Tagalog (7,804 speakers), and Chinese (2,043 speakers), but compared to other places, Washoe County, NV has a relative high number of Tagalog (7,804 speakers), Scandinavian (445 speakers), and Thai (503 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Washoe County, NV awarded 7,897 degrees. The student population of Washoe County, NV is skewed towards females, with 3,138 male students and 4,759 female students. Most students in Washoe County, NV are White (5,082 and 64.4%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (1,368 and 17.3%), Asian (471 and 5.96%), and Two or more races (296 and 3.75%). The largest universities in Washoe County, NV by number of graduates are University of Nevada-Reno (4,004 and 50.7%), Truckee Meadows Community College (2,355 and 29.8%), and Milan Institute-Sparks (320 and 4.05%). The most popular majors in Washoe County, NV are General Psychology (224 and 2.84%), General Biological Sciences (200 and 2.53%), and General Health Services (186 and 2.36%). The median tuition costs in Washoe County, NV are $29,015 for private four year colleges, and $6,337 and $20,247 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Washoe County, NV is $268,400, which is 1.38 times larger than the national average of $194,500. Between 2014 and 2015 the median property value increased from $233,300 to $268,400, a 15% increase. The homeownership rate of Washoe County, NV is 55.7%, which is lower than the national average of 63%. People in Washoe County, NV have an average commute time of 20 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Washoe County, NV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.