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Nellis AFB, Nevada.

A community in Clark County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Clark County’s.

Living in Nellis AFB, Clark County, Nevada

Nellis AFB, in Clark County, had 4,379 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $68,652 a year and half less, against $76,472 across Clark County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 0% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 100% are rented. Unemployment in Clark County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Clark County work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.

People 4,379 in the 2020 census; median age 20.8
Household income $68,652 the median, give or take $10,409 · Clark County: $76,472
Unemployment 4.8% Clark County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes 0% lived in by their owners; 100% rented
  • 1,177households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 16 mintypical commute
  • 1%work from home

What people in Clark County work in

  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment22%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clark County had 1,142,466 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 37°; warmest in July, 106° and 79° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 106° 79° A S O N D 59° 37°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 37°; warmest in July, 106° and 79° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 106° 79° A S O N D 59° 37°

Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 106° and lows near 79°. About 4 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North Las Vegas weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Clark County

  1. Clark County SchoolsSchool district34,590FTE
  2. Fontainebleau Las VegasCasino hotels7,924
  3. Caesars Palace7,352
  4. MGM Resorts InternationalCasino hotels6,107
  5. MGM Resorts InternationalCasino hotels5,978
  6. Clark County5,922
  7. University of Nevada-Las VegasUniversity or college5,904
  8. Southwest AirlinesScheduled passenger air transportation5,187

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,598 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 362,676 people in all across the county; Nellis AFB has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Earthquakesrelatively high in parts of Nellis AFBRelatively moderate
  2. Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of Nellis AFBRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nellis AFB’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clark County.