City safety & data profile

Carson CityNV

Carson City, NV is a 59K-resident city in Carson City with a median household income of $72,355.

Carson City, Nevada. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Carson City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Carson City has a population larger than 83% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $453,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-16
59K
Population (place)
Top 17%
By size
$72,355
Median income (place)
$453,000
Median home (place)
10.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Carson City

Carson City posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Carson City area.

Bottom 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Carson City

Composite score · Carson City, NV

39/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024

A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate C-
10.3%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Household income F
$72,355

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Violent crime F
355 /100k

FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
23.7%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Carson City income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,355 Bottom 40% higher than 40% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Carson City $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Population ranking: NV

22 NV places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.

residents

What this shows By headcount, Las Vegas ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Spanish Springs.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NV

The same 22-city NV pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.

median

What this shows Spanish Springs leads this pool on median income; Las Vegas is the population leader instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Carson City, NV beyond the headline numbers

Carson City sits inside Carson City, Nevada, at roughly 39.16°N, -119.77°W. Population 58,639, $72,355 median household income. Median home value $453,000, median rent $1,248. Poverty rate 10.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Carson City, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 51.7°F annual average, 9.3" precipitation.

The median home in Carson City costs around 6.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.4% in Carson City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 42.4 years, Carson City's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

23.7% of Carson City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.8% of Carson City workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Median rent in Carson City, NV runs $1,248/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

Unemployment in Carson City sits at 5.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

At 10.3%, poverty in Carson City, NV runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Carson City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

A Decade of Change 2013–2024

County-level trend (Carson City): Carson City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
58K+6%
Median Income
$72,355+39%
Median Home Value
$453,000+128%
Poverty Rate
10.3%-36%
Unemployment
5.5%-68%

Economics

The clearest outlier in Carson City's numbers is median rent: $1,248/mo, which is 19% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $72,355, 19% below average.

Economics indicators for Carson City, NV
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,248/mo
Poverty Rate
10.3% -17% vs avg
Unemployment 5.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.7%
Work From Home 9.8%
Public Transit 1.3%

Headcount

White 67.9%
African American 1.8%
Asian 2.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Community Health 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.1%
High Blood Pressure
35.1%
Obesity
33.1%
Physical Inactivity
25.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.7%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Current Smoking
14.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.1%
Diabetes
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.6%
Annual Checkup 73.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 1 total

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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0
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1
★
0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CARSON TAHOE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
CARSON CITY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
52°F
Annual Rainfall
9.3"
Hot Months (>80°F)
2
Cold Months (<40°F)
3
46°
24°
Jan
1.7"
50°
27°
Feb
1.5"
56°
32°
Mar
1.2"
62°
36°
Apr
0.5"
70°
43°
May
0.5"
81°
49°
Jun
0.4"
90°
55°
Jul
0.2"
88°
53°
Aug
0.1"
81°
46°
Sep
0.2"
68°
36°
Oct
0.6"
55°
28°
Nov
0.9"
45°
24°
Dec
1.5"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
98.1 Regional Price Parity

1.9% below national average

US avg
98.1

Metro area: Carson City, NV (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

NFIP Flood Claim History

FEMA NFIP, county-level
9
Claims filed
$85K
Total paid out
X
Most common flood zone

9 flood insurance claims have been filed in Carson City since 2016, with $85K paid out by the NFIP.

Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.

What alerts and safety updates affect Carson City?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Carson City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NV-CARSON-CITY · Carson City

Carson City: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Carson City

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Carson City.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Carson City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Nevada state hubs · Methodology

Similar alert activity elsewhere 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Common Questions 9

What is the population of Carson City, NV? ▼
Carson City, NV has a population of 58,639 people, located in Carson City, Nevada.
What is the median household income in Carson City? ▼
The median household income in Carson City, NV is $72,355 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.3%.
What is the median home value in Carson City? ▼
The median home value in Carson City, NV is $453,000. Median rent is $1,248/month.
What are the top health concerns in Carson City? ▼
The top health indicators in Carson City include Short Sleep Duration (35.1%), High Blood Pressure (35.1%), Obesity (33.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Carson City? ▼
Carson City has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Carson City? ▼
The median age in Carson City, NV is 42.4 years. 23.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Carson City? ▼
Carson City has an average annual temperature of 51.7°F and 9.3" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Carson City? ▼
The regional price parity for Carson City is 98.13, meaning prices are 1.9% below the national average.
Has Carson City had flood insurance claims? ▼
Carson City, Nevada has recorded 9 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $85K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Carson City, both outside Nevada so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NV (10.3% here).

Mesa, AZ 10.3% Doral, FL 10.3% Southfield, MI 10.3% Pico Rivera, CA 10.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NV ($72,355 here).

Irondale, AL $72,343 Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 Orlando, FL $72,336 Biddeford, ME $72,333

Compare Carson City with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 11K South Lake Tahoe, CA 22K Reno, NV 264K Sparks, NV 96K Sun Valley, NV 19K Truckee, CA 16K Spanish Springs, NV 15K Fernley, NV 19K
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Next steps for Carson City

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Carson City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Carson City against Nevada peers on any ranking lens. Explore Nevada

Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Carson City) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.