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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Nevada

The counties where FEMA's expected annual loss per household is smallest. Low exposure is one of the few housing-cost advantages that never shows up in the listing price. It shows up in what an insurer actually charges, which is not the same as the insurance figure in these tables, since that is a statewide average and cannot vary by county. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there.

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

Nevada ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Clark County $959Very High$400,800
2 Nye County $1,116Relatively Low$266,000
3 Pershing County $1,234Very Low$166,200
4 Washoe County $1,399Relatively High$496,600
5 Lyon County $1,405Relatively Low$342,600
6 Churchill County $1,594Relatively Low$298,000
7 White Pine County $1,622Very Low$196,700
8 Carson City $1,734Relatively Low$426,700
9 Lander County $1,772Very Low$210,500
10 Douglas County $2,116Relatively Moderate$587,400
11 Humboldt County $2,251Very Low$256,800
12 Mineral County $2,325Very Low$175,000
13 Esmeralda County $2,658Very Low$102,500
14 Lincoln County $2,982Very Low$208,900
15 Elko County $3,817Relatively Moderate$282,400
16 Storey County $6,051Very Low$393,100

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

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Nevada

Other rankings

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