City in Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
Seat of Clark County, and largest city in state of Nevada, United States.
- Population
- 678,922 (2024)
- Density
- 4,786 / sq mi
- Land area
- 141.9 sq mi
- Water area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,001 ft
- Founded
- 1905
- Coordinates
- 36.2335, -115.2640
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Climate
- July average high
- 104°F
- January average low
- 39°F
- Annual rainfall
- 4.0 in
- Annual snowfall
- 0.0 in
- 58° 39° Jan 0.7"
- 62° 43° Feb 0.8"
- 71° 49° Mar 0.5"
- 78° 55° Apr 0.2"
- 88° 64° May 0.1"
- 99° 74° Jun 0.0"
- 104° 80° Jul 0.1"
- 102° 78° Aug 0.2"
- 94° 70° Sep 0.2"
- 81° 58° Oct 0.4"
- 67° 46° Nov 0.3"
- 56° 38° Dec 0.4"
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Las Vegas Air Terminal (7 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.
Trends
$1,102 / mo$1,456 / mo
$56,354$70,723
$258,600$395,300
15.3%14.2%
6.7%7.2%
6561
2526
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Las Vegas ranks
- #17 Most Family-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 27.0
- #17 Best Cities for Healthcare Access of 22 cities · score 29.8
- #18 Best Cities for Nightlife of 22 cities · score 17.1
- #19 Most Bike-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 20.2
- #19 Best Cities for Food Lovers of 22 cities · score 13.8
- #20 Best Cities for Arts & Culture of 22 cities · score 12.9
- #20 Most Walkable Cities of 22 cities · score 18.2
- #21 Best College Cities of 22 cities · score 9.9
- #21 Greenest Cities of 22 cities · score 11.4
- #36 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 60.4
- #52 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 36.2
- #64 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 36.2
- #70 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 38.4
- #71 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 32.9
- #72 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 38.7
- #78 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 18.2
- #83 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 13.7
- #100 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 25.6
Things to do in Las Vegas
Places mapped within 5 km of the city center. Use the layers control to show or hide categories.
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Parks 40
Bloom Apartments Dog Park, Buckskin Basin Park, Charleston Heights Park…
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Playgrounds 15
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Restaurants 49
Above the Crust, Applebee's, Asian Kitchen…
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Cafes 11
Aware Coffee and Tea Lounge, Bronze Cafe, Dutch Bros. Coffee…
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Bars & pubs 10
Aces & Ales, Bourbon Street Sports Bar, Draft House…
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AMC Rainbow Promenade 10, Century 16 Santa Fe Station and XD…
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Libraries 1
Rainbow Library…
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Attractions 1
Gravady…
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Albertsons, Albertsons, Albertsons…
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Bodysport Fitness Center, Brinley Pool, EōS Fitness…
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Canyon Medical Center, Centennial Allergy Medical, Las Vegas Valley Chiropractic Neurology Center…
Local facts
- Median household income
- $70,723
- Median rent
- $1,456 / mo
- Median home value
- $395,300
- Median age
- 38.5
- Unemployment
- 7.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 27.3%
- Poverty rate
- 14.2%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 44.3%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 310
- Students enrolled
- 262,111
- Students per teacher
- 21.7 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 88.9%
- Charter schools
- 17.7%
- School districts serving the city
- 2
Browse all 310 public schools →
Districts: Clark County School District, State-Sponsored Charter Schools
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 32.2%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 27.4%
- Adults with diabetes
- 11.3%
- Adults who smoke
- 15.6%
- Frequent mental distress
- 20.1%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 41.6%
- Adults without health insurance
- 17.5%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 72.1%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 70.0%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 18.8%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 11.7
- Median air quality index (county)
- 61
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 26
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 89.1%
- Households with no internet
- 7.4%
- Average commute
- 25.8 min
- Work from home
- 10.5%
- Commute by transit
- 2.5%
- Commute on foot
- 1.3%
- Commute by bike
- 0.3%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Clark County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 2 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Heat wave: very high
- Riverine flooding: very high
- Wildfire: relatively high
- Earthquake: relatively high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
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