Most Densely Populated Cities in Nevada: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Nevada in our data is Winchester, NV, with about 6,410 people per square mile, followed by Whitney, NV (6,400) and Spring Valley, NV (6,226). This list ranks the top 35 places among the 35 Nevada communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 35 in Nevada?

How dense are the cities in Nevada?

The densest place is about 8 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 790 people per square mile. At the other end, Silver Springs, NV has about 70. Under our scale, 5 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 12 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Clark County contributes 14 of the top 35.

Which counties do the top 35 belong to?

The 35 places on this list are spread across 9 counties of Nevada. Clark County has 14 (Winchester, Whitney, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor, Paradise, Las Vegas, Enterprise, Hender); Washoe County has 7 (Sparks, Reno, Sun Valley, Cold Springs, Incline Village, Lemmon Valley, Spanish Springs); Douglas County has 4 (Gardnerville, Gardnerville Ranchos, Indian Hills, Johnson Lane). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Nevada compare with the rest of the country?

The median Nevada place with a page has about 19,726 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is larger than the national typical place. Winchester, NV ranks 1700th among all US places by estimated population in our data. The state has 125 communities in total, of which 35 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Nevada cities

• Which is the densest city in Nevada? Winchester (6,410 per square mile).
• How many Nevada cities have more than 100,000 people? 9 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 5.
• What is the typical size? About 19,726 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.