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47,221people live here $67,155median household income▼ 17% below US $1,574median rent per month▲ 11% above US $329,000median home valueNear US average

Whitney is an unincorporated community in Clark County, NV. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Whitney

Whitney is an unincorporated community in Nevada with a growing population. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Whitney deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks.

The good

Growing population

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio

How Whitney compares

Median household income

Whitney$67,155

Nevada avg$78,260

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Whitney$1,574

Nevada avg$1,597

US$1,413

Median home value

Whitney$329,000

Nevada avg$435,400

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Whitney

Based on Whitney's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,148

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $62,960 a year
51% of Whitney renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$65,800

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $32,900
Homes cost 4.9× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 11% above US

$1,574/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,574 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $329,000. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $329,000 · 51% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in Clark County is 5.6%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Clark County (county-wide)

Safety

412 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Whitney doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs above the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 2424/100k · Policed by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

28 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 28.4 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 9% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

76%

Carpool

11%

Work from home

8.5%

Other

2.3%

Public transit

1.7%

Walk

1.0%

Climate

Summers run seriously hot, with average highs pushing 102°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 41°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 49% below US

19% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument (25 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Whitney's strongest point is a growing population; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,574/mo) equals 28% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up, anyone who doesn't drive, and people who struggle with heat.

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