What is the population of Wells city?

Wells city has 1,184 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #61 of 133 in Nevada.

What is the median household income in Wells city?

Median household income in Wells city is $75,962 a year, 3.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wells city?

Median gross rent is $977 a month and the median home value is $213,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

Is Wells city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wells city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wells, NV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wells, Nevada (Wells, NV — Census place “Wells city”) is 1,184 residents, ranking #61 of 133 places in Nevada. Median household income is $75,962, the median home is worth $213,500 and median gross rent runs $977 a month. Looking for the Wells Nevada ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wells, NV: 89835.

Population: 1,184Wells city residents
Median household income: $75,962Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $213,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $977Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.8%Owner-occupied households

Wells ZIP codes (Nevada)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wells.

The Wells NV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

89835

What the numbers mean in Wells city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wells city median would spend about 15.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 30.2% of residents and 64.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wells city, NV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wells city is a small town in Nevada, with 1,184 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #61 of 133 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Wells city earn a median of $75,962 a year, 3.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $77,794 median for the 66 Nevada cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 30.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wells city is valued at $213,500, 29.6% below the national figure and 41% below the $360,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $977 a month, 30.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,724 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Wells city?: Wells city has 1,184 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #61 of 133 in Nevada.
What is the median household income in Wells city?: Median household income in Wells city is $75,962 a year, 3.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wells city?: Median gross rent is $977 a month and the median home value is $213,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Wells city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wells city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wells city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.