Gerlach-Empire, Nevada

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Back to Gerlach-Empire, NV housing info, Humboldt County, Nevada, NV smaller cities, NV small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this place and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Humboldt County Population in July 2007: 548. Males: 294   (53.7%) Females: 254   (46.3%) Median resident age:   38.5 years Nevada median age:   35.0 years Zip codes: 89405. Estimated median household income in 2008: $53,974 (it was $35,089 in 2000) Gerlach-Empire:   $53,974 Nevada:   $56,361 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $19,754 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $175,770 (it was $71,700 in 2000) Gerlach-Empire:   $175,770 Nevada:   $271,500 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $156,943; Detached houses: $169,329; In 2-unit structures: $27,493; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $228,454; Mobile homes: $56,083 Gerlach-Empire, NV residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in Gerlach-Empire: White Non-Hispanic (85.2%) Hispanic (11.0%) Other race (4.6%) American Indian (3.2%) Two or more races (1.2%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Gerlach-Empire: 78.2 (low, U.S. average is 100) Discuss Gerlach-Empire, Nevada on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users Latest news from Gerlach-Empire, NV collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: Irish (24.2%), German (19.8%), United States (16.8%), English (15.6%), Dutch (8.2%), Scottish (5.6%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Elevation: 5600 feet Land area: 94.1 square miles. Population density: 5.8 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Gerlach-Empire, Nevada

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Gerlach-Empire-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Nevada state average. It is 73% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/3/1915 at 06:52:48, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 97.1 miles away from Gerlach-Empire center
On 7/6/1954 at 11:13:18, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 89.5 miles away from the city center
On 8/24/1954 at 05:51:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 95.2 miles away from the city center
On 2/10/1993 at 21:48:35, a magnitude 5.1 (4.8 MB, 4.8 ML, 5.1 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 19.6 miles away from Gerlach-Empire center
On 10/30/1998 at 09:53:30, a magnitude 5.3 (4.7 MB, 5.3 ML, 4.8 MW, Depth: 6.4 mi) earthquake occurred 97.6 miles away from the city center
On 8/10/2001 at 20:19:26, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.9 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.1 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.4 miles away from Gerlach-Empire center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Notable locations in Gerlach-Empire: U S Gypsum Company Plant (A), Gerlach and Waltz Ranch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Creek: Cottonwood Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map Park in Gerlach-Empire: Great Boiling Spring Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map Post offices: Empire Post Office (A), Gerlach Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.1 people
Nevada:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	62.8%
Whole state:	66.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.8%
Whole state:	7.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

This place:	14.6%
Whole state:	10.5%

This place:	10.2%
Whole state:	4.9%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gerlach-Empire, NV

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Here		42.9%
USA		50.2%

9.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,208 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.80%
Nevada average:	9.02%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Washoe County, NV	1.49% ($33,798 average AGI)
from Elko County, NV	0.73% ($47,098)
from Pershing County, NV	0.44% ($49,720)

8.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,545 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.70%
Nevada average:	6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Washoe County, NV	1.37% ($39,566 average AGI)
to Elko County, NV	0.79% ($48,795)
to Clark County, NV	0.31% ($42,824)

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