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Elko County, NV

People
Population54,047B01003
Population, 2020 census53,702P1
Median age35.7B01002
Under 1826.4%B01001
65 and over13.1%B01001
Households19,627B11001
Foreign born8.5%B05002
Money
Median household income$86,487B19013
Median family income$105,741B19113
Per capita income$39,139B19301
Poverty rate9.8%B17001
Unemployment rate4.5%B23025
Civilian labor force27,787B23025
Mean commute (minutes)29.4B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher17.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units22,177B25001
Owner-occupied71.4%B25003
Renters28.6%B25003
Median home value$301,400B25077
Median gross rent$1,164B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic61.1%B03002
Black0.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino26.0%B03002
Asian1.4%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native3.5%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 111% of Nevada's ($78,260); poverty 9.8% against 12.4%; 1.7% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9502: 2,364Census Tract 9507.01: 6,013Census Tract 9507.02: 6,468Census Tract 9508: 1,695Census Tract 9509: 2,379Census Tract 9510: 1,637Census Tract 9512.01: 5,427Census Tract 9512.02: 4,135Census Tract 9513: 2,931Census Tract 9514.01: 4,498Census Tract 9514.03: 3,923Census Tract 9514.04: 3,398Census Tract 9515: 4,684Census Tract 9516: 2,100Census Tract 9517: 2,395ElkoSpring CreekWest WendoverCarlinJackpotWellsOsinoOwyheeMontelloMountain CityLamoilleZIP 89801: 185 nonprofits, $47,409,704ZIP 89815: 90 nonprofits, $8,976,313ZIP 89835: 27 nonprofits, $44,716,262ZIP 89883: 11 nonprofits, $202,484ZIP 89828: 8 nonprofits, $14,145ZIP 89832: 5 nonprofitsZIP 89833: 5 nonprofitsZIP 89823: 4 nonprofits, $418,988ZIP 89825: 3 nonprofitsZIP 89826: 3 nonprofits, $1,045,219ZIP 89830: 1 nonprofitsZIP 89834: 1 nonprofitsZIP 89831: 1 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,3642,364 to 2,9312,931 to 4,1354,135 to 5,427over 5,427nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Elko County, NV

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits430$121,636,128 revenue (latest return)WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO ($44,088,529)
Nonprofit contractors29$300,237,604 paid by nonprofitsTHYSSEN MINING ($266,730,828)
Colleges and schools12,936 enrollmentGreat Basin College (2,936)
Form D issuers5$67,645,048 amount soldU.S. GOLD CORP. ($56,643,048)
Political committees7COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEMAR DAHL TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Form 5500 plan sponsors187220 plansBARRICK HMC MINING COMPANY (3)
Open Payments recipients119$123,269 industry paymentsLAUREN MICHELLE MADIGAN ($20,837)
Patent and trademark owners78118 patents and marksNEVADA GOLD MINES LLC (8)
IPO registrants434 filingsU.S. GOLD CORP. (14)
Federal award recipients1,608$1,212,908,849 federal awardsSHOSHONE-PAIUTE TRIBES ($376,041,629)
State business registrations197WESTERN LINE BUILDERS, INC.

Cross-reference: 430 nonprofits for 54,047 residents is 79.6 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $121,636,128 is $2,251 per resident, 7.2% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1CLAY R FITCHEMERITUS CEOWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$368,50720244.3x
2THAD BALLARDCEOWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$353,01320244.1x
3RYAN BRODSHODIRECTOR OF PLANNINGWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$269,55020243.1x
4CYNTHIA GOODDIRECTOR OF ACCT, FINANCE,HRWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$256,22520243.0x
5ZANE PETERSTROUBLEMANWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$247,05820242.9x
6JEFFERY CROMIEDIRECTOR OF STRATEGY/BUS. DEVWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$246,67420242.9x
7KYLE MURPHYFOREMANWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$246,18120242.8x
8RICHARD JAMESMGR CORP SERVICESWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$244,75720192.8x
9HANK JAMESMGR CORP SERVICESWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$240,19620182.8x
10TODD BRETHAUERSUBSTATION FOREMANWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO$239,66320242.8x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $86,487.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 15 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9507.026,468$94,9209.3%35.6
Census Tract 9507.016,013$109,2997.2%33.3
Census Tract 9512.015,427$106,9815.6%37.6
Census Tract 95154,684$47,9218.1%43.2
Census Tract 9514.014,498$86,3759.6%34.5
Census Tract 9512.024,135$85,54016.3%32.7
Census Tract 9514.033,923$116,9928.2%31.4
Census Tract 9514.043,398$100,9917.3%34.1
Census Tract 95132,931$70,0179.0%30.4
Census Tract 95172,395$43,33311.9%37.6
Census Tract 95092,379$48,05120.5%41.0
Census Tract 95022,364$106,14114.0%38.6
Census Tract 95162,100$60,8986.7%38.7
Census Tract 95081,695$60,93816.2%27.7
Census Tract 95101,637$94,8618.8%40.2

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0