City safety & data profile
Sun ValleyNV
Sun Valley, NV is a 19K-resident city in Washoe County with a median household income of $77,446.
Washoe County, Nevada. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sun Valley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sun Valley has a population larger than 42% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $349,100, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 19K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 43%
- By size
- $77,446
- Median income (place)
- $349,100
- Median home (place)
- 16.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Sun Valley
Sun Valley posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Sun Valley area.
- Bottom 47%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Sun Valley
Composite score · Sun Valley, NV
27/100
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Sun Valley in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Sun Valley income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$77,446 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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
Population among 22 NV places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
641,903 residents
- Henderson
Henderson, NV
285,667 residents
- Reno
Reno, NV
264,165 residents
- North Las Vegas 234,807
North Las Vegas, NV
234,807 residents
- Paradise 223,167
Paradise, NV
223,167 residents
- Sunrise Manor 189,372
Sunrise Manor, NV
189,372 residents
- Spring Valley 178,395
Spring Valley, NV
178,395 residents
- Enterprise 108,481
Enterprise, NV
108,481 residents
- Sparks 96,094
Sparks, NV
96,094 residents
- Carson City 58,639
Carson City, NV
58,639 residents
What this shows Las Vegas is the largest NV city on this list; Spanish Springs leads median income.
Income ranking: NV
Median household income among the same 22-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Spanish Springs
Spanish Springs, NV
$127,658 median
- Summerlin South
Summerlin South, NV
$117,035 median
- Spring Creek
Spring Creek, NV
$105,154 median
- Enterprise
Enterprise, NV
$98,462 median
- Henderson
Henderson, NV
$90,138 median
- Fernley
Fernley, NV
$89,517 median
- Sparks
Sparks, NV
$89,056 median
- Gardnerville Ranchos
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV
$87,785 median
- Reno
Reno, NV
$80,760 median
- North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas, NV
$79,542 median
What this shows Spanish Springs posts the highest place-level median income in NV; Las Vegas is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Sun Valley, NV beyond the headline numbers
Sun Valley sits inside Washoe County, Nevada, at roughly 39.60°N, -119.78°W. Population 19,299, $77,446 median household income. Median home value $349,100, median rent $1,214. Poverty rate 16.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Sun Valley (nearest 4.2 mi away), 3.8/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 54.5°F annual average, 8" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 22.8% in Sun Valley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
10.8% of Sun Valley adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 4.5% of Sun Valley workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
6.7% unemployment puts Sun Valley in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
16.8% of Sun Valley, NV residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Median rent in Sun Valley, NV runs $1,214/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
A median home in Sun Valley runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sun Valley 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.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Washoe County): Sun Valley'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.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Sun Valley's numbers is poverty rate: 16.8%, which is 35% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent also diverges: $1,214/mo, 21% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 16.8% +35% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 10.8% |
| Work From Home | 4.5% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
By the Numbers
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearest Hospitals 5 within 25 mi
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.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.0% above national average
Metro area: Reno, NV (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelWashoe County has recorded 146 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $3.2M in payouts since 2016.
1 claims trace back to Tropical Storm Hilary, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
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 Sun Valley?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sun Valley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NV-SUN-VALLEY · Sun Valley
Sun Valley: 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 Sun Valley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Nevada state hubs · Methodology
Related reading
Frequently Asked Questions 9
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sun Valley, both outside Nevada so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NV (16.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NV ($77,446 here).
Compare Sun Valley 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.
Nearby Places 8
What to do with Sun Valley'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 Sun Valley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Sun Valley 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 (Washoe 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.