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Washoe County · Nevada

ZIP code 89523

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 89523 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
37,167

ZCTA residents

Median income
$97,384

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$569,300

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
8.265%

Combined state + local

Quick answer

ZIP 89523 sits in Washoe County, Nevada and is home to 37,167 people. Median household income is $97,384, the median home is worth $569,300 and median gross rent is $1,759. 60.8% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8.265% combined.

County
Washoe County

FIPS 32031

State
Nevada (NV)

180 ZIPs covered

Area codes
775

NANPA codes serving this area

Metro area
Reno

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 89523

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
37,167ZIP 89523 residents
Median household income
$97,384Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$569,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,759Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
40.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
60.8%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 89523 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 89523 is a small city in Washoe County, Nevada, with 37,167 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #39 of 180 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 40.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 89523 earn a median of $97,384 a year, 24% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 89523 is valued at $569,300, 87.6% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,759 a month, 25.1% above the national figure, or roughly $21,108 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.8% 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.

Reading ZIP 89523 in context

How 89523 sits inside Washoe County and Nevada.

ZIP 89523 is tabulated inside Washoe County, Nevada, one of 26 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 180 across Nevada. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 89523 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 89523 reports a median household income of $97,384, 4% above the $93,625 county median, and 29% above the $75,764 typical NV ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $569,300, close to the county figure and 52% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,759 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

A taxable purchase made inside 89523 carries 8.265% at the register, assembled from the Reno jurisdiction stack: the Nevada state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 89523 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 89523 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 89523

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
8.265%Reno jurisdiction stack
Tax on $100
$8Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$83Before any exemptions

This ZIP falls inside the Reno rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
22%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
5.8×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,954/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
7%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 89523 compares

ZIP 89523 against the median ZIP in Washoe County and across Nevada.

MeasureZIP 89523County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$97,384$93,625$75,764+29%
Median home value$569,300$557,950$373,500+52%
Median gross rent$1,759$1,390$1,364+29%
Population37,16711,5107,380+404%

Medians are computed across the 26 ZIP areas in Washoe County and the 180 ZIP areas in Nevada.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 180 Nevada ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 73% of 150 state ZIPs

#40
Home value

above 84% of 153 state ZIPs

#24
Population

larger than 78% of 180 state ZIPs

#39

Comparable ZIP codes

Nevada ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
89012Clark County$97,468$472,100$1,915
89439Washoe County$98,068$762,800$950
89052Clark County$98,462$595,500$1,938
89139Clark County$96,044$449,400$1,848
89002Clark County$98,725$427,500$1,844
89149Clark County$99,085$494,900$1,792

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Washoe County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Washoe County, Nevada.

ZIP 89523 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 89523?
ZIP 89523 lies mostly in Washoe County, Nevada. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 89523?
Purchases are taxed at 8.265% combined, built from the Reno jurisdiction stack.
Is 89523 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,759 a month, about 22% of median household income, and the median home is worth $569,300 — +52% against the typical Nevada ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 89523, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.