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Spring CreekNV

Spring Creek, NV is a 12K-resident city in Elko County with a median household income of $105,154.

Elko County, Nevada. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Spring Creek, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Spring Creek has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $360,600.

Data updated 2026-09-16
12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$105,154
Median income (place)
$360,600
Median home (place)
7.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Spring Creek

Spring Creek posts a median household income higher than 73% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 27%
by median income, US cities

Composite score · Spring Creek, NV

52/100

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.

Household income B
$105,154

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

Poverty rate B
7.3%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. 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
22.3%

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

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

Where Spring Creek income ranks nationally

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

$105,154 Top 27% higher than 73% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Spring Creek $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

NV cities ranked by population

Ranked by headcount across the 22 NV places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.

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

Top earners by city in NV

Median household income among the same 22-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Income honors go to Spanish Springs here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Las Vegas.

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

The quick read

Reading Spring Creek, NV beyond the headline numbers

Spring Creek sits inside Elko County, Nevada, at roughly 40.73°N, -115.59°W. Population 12,361, $105,154 median household income. Median home value $360,600, median rent $1,386. Poverty rate 7.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Climate: 45.4°F annual average, 13.7" precipitation.

17.3% of Spring Creek workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.1% in Spring Creek, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Spring Creek's median age is 34.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

22.3% of Spring Creek adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.

At 7.3%, poverty in Spring Creek, NV runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Remote work covers 9.3% of Spring Creek workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Unemployment in Spring Creek sits at 4.1%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

The median home in Spring Creek costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Median rent in Spring Creek, NV runs $1,386/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Spring Creek 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 (Elko County): Spring Creek'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
54K+8%
Median Income
$86,487+23%
Median Home Value
$301,400+64%
Poverty Rate
9.8%+11%
Unemployment
4.5%-21%

Economic Snapshot

The clearest outlier in Spring Creek's numbers is poverty rate: 7.3%, which is 41% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median household income at $105,154, 18% above the tracked-city average.

Economics indicators for Spring Creek, NV
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,386/mo
Poverty Rate
7.3% -41% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.3%
Work From Home 9.3%
Public Transit 17.3%

By the Numbers

White 84.6%
African American 0.1%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.1%

Health Snapshot 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38%
Obesity
36.9%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Physical Inactivity
22.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.3%
Binge Drinking
19.1%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.1%
Current Asthma
11.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.8%
Annual Checkup 71.1%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
2.9%

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
45°F
Annual Rainfall
13.7"
Hot Months (>80°F)
0
Cold Months (<40°F)
5
37°
15°
Jan
1.3"
41°
17°
Feb
1.2"
50°
24°
Mar
1.5"
56°
29°
Apr
1.9"
65°
35°
May
2.2"
76°
42°
Jun
1.0"
87°
50°
Jul
0.3"
86°
49°
Aug
0.6"
76°
40°
Sep
0.7"
62°
30°
Oct
1.0"
48°
22°
Nov
1.0"
38°
16°
Dec
1.0"

NFIP Flood Claim History

FEMA NFIP, county-level
16
Claims filed
$114K
Total paid out
AE
Most common flood zone

Elko County has recorded 16 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $114K in payouts since 2016.

The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.

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 Spring Creek?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NV-SPRING-CREEK · Spring Creek

Spring Creek: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Questions & Answers 7

What is the population of Spring Creek, NV? ▼
Spring Creek, NV has a population of 12,361 people, located in Elko County, Nevada.
What is the median household income in Spring Creek? ▼
The median household income in Spring Creek, NV is $105,154 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.3%.
What is the median home value in Spring Creek? ▼
The median home value in Spring Creek, NV is $360,600. Median rent is $1,386/month.
What are the top health concerns in Spring Creek? ▼
The top health indicators in Spring Creek include Short Sleep Duration (38%), Obesity (36.9%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Spring Creek? ▼
The median age in Spring Creek, NV is 34.8 years. 22.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Spring Creek? ▼
Spring Creek has an average annual temperature of 45.4°F and 13.7" of annual precipitation.
Has Spring Creek had flood insurance claims? ▼
Elko County, Nevada has recorded 16 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $114K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NV (7.3% here).

Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% Westminster, CO 7.3% Temecula, CA 7.3% Saint Charles, MO 7.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NV ($105,154 here).

Tinley Park, IL $105,189 Pasadena, CA $105,192 Lakeland North, WA $105,216 Coram, NY $105,220

Compare Spring Creek 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

Elko, NV 20K Twin Falls, ID 47K Jerome, ID 11K Mountain Home, ID 14K Burley, ID 10K Kuna, ID 17K Boise, ID 236K Garden City, ID 12K
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What to do with Spring Creek's numbers

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 Spring Creek area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
  • Compare Spring Creek against Nevada peers on any ranking lens. Explore Nevada

U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.

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 (Elko County) 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.