Nelson is a city of 32 people in Nevada. At a median age of 68.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 100% of homes are owner-occupied. There are 7 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 0%. 25.0% of locals live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,538, below the US median
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Nelson, decade by decade
Nelson population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2010
37
$60,539
$149,899
0.0%
12.8
2020
22
–
–
0.0%
11.1
2024
32
$51,538
–
25.0%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
