AreaProfile

89122Whitney, Nevada

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 89122.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability3442nd of 4,553 published ZIP areas57
Climate4472nd of 4,621 published ZIP areas54
Physical resilience2236th of 4,554 published ZIP areas58
Access2162nd of 4,623 published ZIP areas95
Economic stability3380th of 4,591 published ZIP areas46
The quick read

A major airport is 7 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
53,724
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$63,846
Bottom 37% nationally
Density
5,640/sq mi
9.5 sq mi of land
Median age
37.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Whitney
Nevada
Metro area
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
Nearest major airport
LAS
7 mi · Harry Reid Intl
Median home value
$310,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$2,695$63,846Bottom 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,471$28,830Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate14.8%Top 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute30.5 minTop 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%Bottom 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation63.4%Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$60,800Bottom 22%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,670Bottom 17%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202464k49k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $63,846 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.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,457 takes 27% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.9 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
27.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,457
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$310,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.87Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate58.0%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±74021,986Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$58$1,457Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$10,145$310,900Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income27.4%Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate11.5%Top 48%2024 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 →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 105°F and January a low of 41°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 4.2 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN AP, 7.3 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND0.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation4.2"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low41°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high105°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing45°F1991-2020 Normals

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.

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.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 7 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Harry Reid IntlLAS7 mi14,835 ft
Laughlin/Bullhead IntlIFP71 mi8,501 ft
St George RgnlSGU106 mi9,300 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
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
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)

Profile recalculated August 29, 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.

89122 vs Whitney

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

89122
Whitney
Median household income
$63,846
vs
$67,155
Per capita income
$28,830
vs
$28,459
Population density
5,640/sq mi
vs
6,934/sq mi
Median home value
$310,900
vs
$329,000
Median gross rent
$1,457
vs
$1,574
Homeownership rate
58.0%
vs
55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
18.0%
vs
18.5%
Poverty rate
14.8%
vs
14.6%
Median age
37.8
vs
35.5

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.