89034Mesquite, Nevada

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 89034.

61out of 100
Area Score
Top 45% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 33% of 6,210 ZIP areas measured63
GrowthTop 8% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured76
Housing affordability5283rd of 6,685 ZIP areas measured59
Climate6744th of 6,789 ZIP areas measured48
Physical resilience3325th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured58
Access5448th of 6,791 ZIP areas measured79
Economic stability5155th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured43
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.2% and median household income $91,016, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

358 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 10% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.

Rent takes 25% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 5.3 times that income.

At a glance

Population
3,092
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$91,016
Top 26% nationally
Density
181/sq mi
17.0 sq mi of land
Median age
70.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Mesquite
Nevada
Metro area
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
Nearest major airport
SGU
39 mi · St George Rgnl
Median home value
$481,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.2% is lower than 22% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.8% over the past year, to 1,167,632 employed residents.

33% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 71% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$4,769$91,016Top 26%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$5,902$57,150Top 13%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate4.5%Bottom 17%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute33.8 minTop 22%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher33.2%Top 29%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment1,167,632Top 5%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)4.7%Top 6%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.8%Top 15%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force1,231,702Top 5%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation15.2%Bottom 2%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$60,800Bottom 22%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,670Bottom 17%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 18%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate5.2%Top 22%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202491k78k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $91,016 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Waiters and Waitresses36,160$27,110
Fast Food and Counter Workers36,150$31,950
Retail Salespersons33,760$33,720
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand29,590$38,940
General and Operations Managers27,290$97,290
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners26,480$39,310

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Mesquite, NV, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,934 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.3 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
25.5%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,934
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$481,800
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income5.29Top 14%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate97.6%Top 7%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±2731,989Top 42%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$342$1,934Top 9%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$31,124$481,800Top 14%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income25.5%Top 13%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate14.6%Top 39%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
76/ 100
Top 8% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 7% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 16.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
358
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
16.2
Top 4% nationally
Year over year
−10%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
6.7%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Mesquite, NV, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 106°F and January a low of 30°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 5.9 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 64, in the Moderate band, and about 40 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

20°40°60°80°100°120°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station BUNKERVILLE, 3.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND0.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index101.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation5.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low30°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high106°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 100402024 calendar year
Median air quality index64.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing45°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
64
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
101
90th percentile index
Days above 100
40
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

58 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, wildfire and landslide.

WildfireElevated
EarthquakeElevated
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, inland flooding, hail, lightning, avalanche, strong wind, winter weather, volcanic activity, drought, tornado, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Clark County records 5.9 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 14.8 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 30.1 per 100,000 residents in Clark County.

Homicide
5.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
14.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
30.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
17.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Clark County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 89034 rather than 89034 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 39 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
St George RgnlSGU39 mi9,300 ft
Harry Reid IntlLAS75 mi14,835 ft
Cedar City RgnlCDC84 mi8,653 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

89034 vs Mesquite

How this ZIP area compares with Mesquite as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

89034
Mesquite
Median household income
$91,016
vs
$75,227
Per capita income
$57,150
vs
$42,380
Population density
181/sq mi
vs
694/sq mi
Median home value
$481,800
vs
$388,600
Median gross rent
$1,934
vs
$1,181
Homeownership rate
97.6%
vs
81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
33.2%
vs
23.7%
Poverty rate
4.5%
vs
10.6%
Median age
70.7
vs
63.4

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.