Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,522, settled in 1880.
The best of Nevada’s subject grades is an A+ for incomes; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Nevada’s average trip to work is 48 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 58 of Texas’ 990 towns score higher on incomes. On the outdoors, just 88 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Nevada has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Nevada is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 247 in 1890, a low of 247 in 1890, 1,314 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 2 maps from 1930 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Nevada, and how to reach them.
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 Nevada.
The typical Nevada home is worth about $399,000, down 1.8% in a year, 35% above the Texas typical home. 96% of Nevada households own their home, where Texas’ towns sit at 69% and U.S. towns at 73%. Nevada’s median rent is $1,654 a month.
| Nevada | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,654 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Community ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leland E Edge MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 662 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Nevada beats the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Nevada adults binge drink.
| Nevada | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Nevada | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.4% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Nevada has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Nevada is 94°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Nevada for work: only 3% work in town. 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Nevada. Jobs based in Nevada grew to 701 in 2023, 361 more than in 2013.
| Nevada | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 18% of residents (13% statewide); children under 18 are 21% of residents (25% statewide). Nevada has grown 17% since 2020, to 1,522 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Nevada | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 35.7 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
Somewhere between 27% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Nevada’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.5 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Nevada | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.4% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.1% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Nevada. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
29 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
28 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Stadium
14 mi MuseumSouthfork Ranch
28 mi Stadium & arenaGerald J. Ford StadiumCotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Southfork Ranch: Sf46 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Gerald J. Ford Stadium: Jmcstrav, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Nevada
About 3 of every 100 Nevada residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
City in Texas, United States
Nevada ( niv-AY-də, unlike the state of Nevada) is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. Its population was 822 at the 2010 census and 1,314 in 2020.
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One town shares a border with Nevada.
Nevada has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Nevada reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Nevada with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.4 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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.
