| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 4 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 775 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (GMT -08:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:14:26 PM |
| Population: | 8,649 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 32033 |
| Land Area: | 3,348 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.2149, -114.7788 |
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8,649 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 3,348 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,892 to 8,522 from 2014 to 2024 — a -13.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 89301 (Ely, $77,518 median) and poorest ZIP 89317 (Lund, $26,210) are 52.4 miles apart — a 3.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.6× across this county — from $68,500 in 89319 (Ruth) to $247,000 in 89317 (Lund).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.8% bachelor's+ in 89301 (Ely) to 48.8% in 89315 (Ely ) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Nevada, this is the #10 most populous of 18 counties and ranks #18 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,676 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (772 of 6,312 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 4 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
White Pine County lost 12.6% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: