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A town of 1,012, settled in 1869.
The best of Verdi’s subject grades are an A− for incomes and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Verdi’s trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile, close to Nevada’s towns (2.0) and above U.S. towns (0.4). Only 5 of Nevada’s 66 towns score higher on history. Crystal Peak Park, at 54 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Verdi has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Verdi beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Nevada), ordered by how far Verdi is from typical.
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The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 4 maps from 1950 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verdi. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi LakeLake Tahoe
20 mi LakeDonner Lake
9 mi Stadium & arenaMackay Stadium
27 mi Ski areaPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley122 runs · 2,542 ft vertical
9 mi LandmarkReno Arch
20 mi State parkDonner Memorial State ParkLake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mackay Stadium: Lanski, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Reno Arch: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0
Verdi is unincorporated, so Washoe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Verdi.
89% of households own their home in Verdi, above both the Nevada town median (68%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Values rose 1.5% in the 12 months to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Washoe County school district. Its one school is below. Verdi’s only public school teaches 256 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdi ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 256 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NV on state tests and graduation
Verdi’s FEMA risk score stands at 89 of 100. FEMA puts 41% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 23% to avalanches.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Verdi, 1.9% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in Verdi grew to 487 in 2023, 66 more than in 2013. Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles. The top destinations are Reno (50%), Truckee (10%) and Sparks (9%).
| Verdi | Nevada towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 17% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are nearly one in ten residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (17% statewide). The median age for Verdi comes to 49.7 years. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 30%, against 28% across Nevada.
| Verdi | Nevada towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.7 years | 40.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 23% | 29% |
Somewhere between 36% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of Verdi’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.8 points. Across Nevada, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Verdi | NV | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.5% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.6% | 14.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.1% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 25.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.4% | 12.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.1% | 27.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 37.8% | 23.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.8% | 18.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.1% | 9.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,000, single groups can be off by several points
Verdi: just over one in ten adults smoke cigarettes. Among 43 Nevada towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Verdi. CDC measures, 32 in all: Verdi beats Nevada on 13 and trails on 5. 28% of adults here have obesity; 19% get no exercise outside work.
| Verdi | Nevada towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 79% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Verdi | NV |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 15.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 6.7 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crystal Peak Park | 1.2 mi | 54 |
| 2. Truckee River Greenbelt | — | 11 |
| 3. Verdi School Park | 0.2 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Verdi
About 7 of every 100 Verdi residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Nevada.
Where Verdi’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Nevada, United States
Verdi ( VUR-dye) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It is on the western side of the Reno metropolitan area near Interstate 80 and stretches eastward towards its neighborhood-exclave of Lawton, Nevada, surrounded by Reno, Nevada, west of Mae Anne Avenue. The CDP of Verdi, California, lies immediately adjacent across the state line. Both are in the shadow of California's Verdi Range. As of the 2020 census, Verdi had a population of 1,396. Prior to 2010, the community was listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the Verdi-Mogul CDP.
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Yes. That is 9.5 years of the area's median household income ($87,485 across the Reno, NV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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