Whitney

Population & Demographics

Whitney, NV

Whitney is home to 47,221 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,551 resident workers commute each day.

NevadaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
47,221
people
Population

47,221 residents

Median age 35.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Whitney population & demographics

Who lives in Whitney — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
47,221
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$67,155
Median home value
$329,000
Median gross rent
$1,574/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
18.5%
Poverty rate
14.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Whitney

How Whitney breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino42.4%
White24.0%
Black14.6%
Asian10.7%
Two or more races6.8%
Some other race1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Whitney

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Whitney.

Whitney at a glance
Employed Residents
23,551
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
1.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Paradise
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Whitney proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Whitney commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

48 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Whitney

23,551 commutes, one dot at a time

Whitney

Where 23,551 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Whitney, by worker count.

1Paradise4.9 mi7,511
2Las Vegas13.2 mi4,572
3Henderson5.8 mi3,719
4North Las Vegas11.9 mi1,526
5Enterprise11.2 mi1,349
6Spring Valley12.2 mi1,191
7Sunrise Manor5.3 mi961
8Winchester5.5 mi741

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Whitney.

1Henderson5.8 mi748
2Las Vegas13.2 mi737
3Sunrise Manor5.3 mi474
4Paradise4.9 mi391
5North Las Vegas11.9 mi371
6Whitney0.0 mi307
7Enterprise11.2 mi260
8Spring Valley12.2 mi195

Top industries

The sectors that employ Whitney’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
COConstruction23.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services17.1%
RTRetail Trade17.1%
UTUtilities9.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.7%
REReal Estate and Rental and Leasing5.2%
EDEducational Services5.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.8%
MFManufacturing2.4%
Connectivity

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