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35.84° N · 115.63° W · GEOID 3264600

Sandy Valley

Clark County, Nevada · part of the Las Vegas, NV metro

Limited data population under 5,000, core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_household_income, median_gross_rent

NevadaSandy Valley, NVSandy ValleySandy Valley

The short answer

Sandy Valley is home to 1,742 people. Median household income is $76,472 a year and median rent is $1,626 a month, 25.5% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $233,700, about 3.1x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,626
19% above the median place
Median household income
$76,472
5% below the median place
Median home value
$233,700
27% below the median place
Unemployment
7.6%
55% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Sandy Valley

  • Household income has grown -0.8% a year across the last five survey releases, slower than in 96% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 34 Nevada places.
  • The median resident is 57.3 years old, older than in 97% of places its size.
  • Households average 2.16 people, smaller than in 83% of places its size. It is the 3rd-lowest of 34 Nevada places.
  • The median rent takes 25.5% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 85% of places its size.
  • 86% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 83% of places its size.
01

Moving to Sandy Valley

Clark County gains about 4.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in88,276
Moved out79,348
Net+8,928

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Los Angeles County, CA10,1005,432+4,668
San Diego County, CA3,1421,829+1,313
Maricopa County, AZ2,1952,505−310
Orange County, CA2,9661,384+1,582
Riverside County, CA2,5161,441+1,075
Washoe County, NV1,2761,412−136

Within Nevada, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within NevadaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$84K
Leavers$71K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Clark County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.1% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 4.3% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Clark County report $83,900 a year in income on average; those leaving, $70,800, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$65,000 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,626 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,588 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $233,700.
Getting to work
33 minutes each way on average; 12.2% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Sebastian, FL matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
4.3%
117% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
4.9
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7
$83,884
19% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.1%11% below
Moved from another state1County figure4.3%117% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure4.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$83,88419% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$70,7961% above
02

What it costs to live here

Property tax rate is 0.2%, 75% below the median place.

Sandy Valley25.5%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$65,040
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
25.5%
25% above the median place
Home price to income
3.1x
19% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
26%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$58,200
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Sandy Valley, $1,626 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.1 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Sandy Valley, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Catalina, AZ20.3% vs 25.5%n/aCompare
Winthrop Harbor, IL16.5% vs 25.5%n/aCompare
Ocean City, MD20.9% vs 25.5%n/aCompare

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Property tax rate1
0.2%
75% below the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$536
84% below the median place
Homeownership1
85.9%
29% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1County figure$1,62619% above
Rent to income125.5%25% above
Property tax rate10.2%75% below
Home price to income13.1x19% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure100.21% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,6864% above
HUD area median income4County figure$98,2008% below
Property tax paid (median)1$53684% below
Median home value1$233,70027% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure1.6%49% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure53.3%4% above
Homeownership185.9%29% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure57.7%14% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,58815% below
Vacant homes113.6%93% above
Median year built119921% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Mean commute1
33 min
33% above the median place
Income per person1
$40,557
1% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1County figure$76,4725% below
Income per person1$40,5571% above
Unemployment1County figure7.6%55% above
Average annual pay6County figure$67,5082% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.9%5% above
Jobs6County figure1,142,466above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate1County figure13.0%21% above
Mean commute133 min33% above
Works from home1County figure12.2%2% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Median age is 57.3, 47% above the median place.

Median age1
57.3
47% above the median place
Household size1
2.2
14% below the median place
No health insurance1
9.5%
48% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband94.5% +2%
High school or higher94.6% +2%
Bachelor's or higher29.7% −7%
All 8 people measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,7426646th largest
Median age157.347% above
Bachelor's or higher129.7%7% below
High school or higher194.6%2% above
Household size12.214% below
Born abroad1County figure21.9%148% above
No health insurance19.5%48% above
Homes with broadband194.5%2% above
05

Life in Sandy Valley

66 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents23.0 2.3×
Playgrounds per 10k23.0 2.4×
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k11.5 +3%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.1 −67%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars23.4 +13%
Shops27.9 −8%
Arts, recreation and fitness6.7 +63%
Doctors' offices and clinics24.8 +23%
Child care centers1.1 −52%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public school students11
307
94% below the median place
Public schools11
2
78% below the median place
Students per teacher11
12.3
20% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11278% below
Public school students1130794% below
Students per teacher1112.320% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure23.412% above
Shops per 10k8County figure27.98% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure6.763% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure24.823% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.152% below
Parks per 10k923.0126% above
Playgrounds per 10k923.0144% above
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k911.53% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.167% below
National Register listings10County figure66above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Hurricane risk is 0.0, below the median place (median 70.7).

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Sandy Valley. Larger places are fetched first.

Hurricane risk13
0.0
below the median place (median 70.7)
Annual precipitation12
7.3 in
83% below the median place
Heat wave risk13
99.9
11% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureSandy ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure100°F15% above
January average low12County figure36°F44% above
Average temperature12County figure65°F18% above
Annual precipitation12County figure7.3 in83% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure99.58% above
Hurricane risk13County figure0.0below (median 70.7)
Tornado risk13County figure9.289% below
Wildfire risk13County figure99.162% above
Heat wave risk13County figure99.911% above
Median air quality index14County figure6142% above
Good air days14County figure31.0%55% below
08

Sandy Valley in 2030: where the trends point

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median household income$57,639 (2024)$69,500$59,000 to $82,500+3.2%
Median home value$233,700 (2024)$332,000$241,000 to $457,000+6.0%

The median home would be worth 4.8 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.1 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Sandy Valley

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Sebastian, FL$1,451$69,409Compare
Liberty Triangle, FL$1,711$64,943Compare
Catalina, AZ$1,326$78,207Compare
Seminole, FL$1,708$75,774Compare
Seminole, FLCatalina, AZLiberty Triangle, FLSebastian, FLSandy Valley, NVSandy ValleySebastianLiberty TriangleCatalinaSandy ValleySebastianLiberty TriangleCatalina

Common questions

Is Sandy Valley a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Household income has grown -0.8% a year across the last five survey releases, slower than in 96% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 34 Nevada places. The median resident is 57.3 years old, older than in 97% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 62 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Sandy Valley expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 25.5% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $233,700.

What salary do you need to live in Sandy Valley?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $65,040 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Sandy Valley?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Sebastian, FL, Liberty Triangle, FL, Catalina, AZ and Seminole, FL.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Sandy Valley with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Sandy Valley itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/sandy-valley-nevada

Citytistics. “Sandy Valley, Nevada.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/sandy-valley-nevada/

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