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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Nevada

The counties where a home costs the most years of rent. A high ratio does not mean a place is overpriced. It can also mean rents are held down, or that buyers are paying for land, schools or a view that a renter cannot get at any price. It does mean the arithmetic of buying rests more on what the house is worth later and less on what it saves you each month. Median home value over twelve months of median gross rent, both Census five-year estimates.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Nevada ranked

#County Price-to-rentMedian homeMedian rent
1 Storey County 32.5 yrs$393,100$1,007
2 Douglas County 31.7 yrs$587,400$1,545
3 Carson City 30.3 yrs$426,700$1,172
4 Washoe County 27.5 yrs$496,600$1,507
5 Lincoln County 23.1 yrs$208,900$754
6 Lyon County 22.7 yrs$342,600$1,259
7 Clark County 22.0 yrs$400,800$1,518
8 Nye County 21.9 yrs$266,000$1,013
9 Humboldt County 21.4 yrs$256,800$998
10 Elko County 20.9 yrs$282,400$1,126
11 Pershing County 20.8 yrs$166,200$667
12 Churchill County 20.6 yrs$298,000$1,203
13 White Pine County 17.6 yrs$196,700$933
14 Lander County 16.5 yrs$210,500$1,066
15 Mineral County 12.9 yrs$175,000$1,130
16 Esmeralda County 6.5 yrs$102,500$1,319

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Price-to-Rent Ratios across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Nevada

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