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Spring Valley vs Enterprise

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (13.9× in Enterprise) and growth since 2010 (+83.6 pts in Enterprise).

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Spring Valley, NVAn outdoors townNevada · 219,187 people
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Enterprise, NVOne of the healthiest townsNevada · 240,464 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Report cards

Enterprise places higher on 12 of 21 NV lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Nevada ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Enterprise

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Spring Valley$2,450/mo
Typical home $434K (Census) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $1,743/mo · Housing →
Enterprise$2,710/mo
Typical home $476K (Census) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $1,934/mo · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $3,000 a year, between Enterprise and Spring Valley.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Spring Valley and Enterprise share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Spring ValleyEnterpriseSpring ValleyEnterprise
Spring Valley ↔ Enterprise6.3 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
11,082 Enterprise residents work in Spring Valley (9.4% of its workers)
7,022 Spring Valley residents work in Enterprise (6.9% of its workers)
Work & commute in Enterprise →
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Spring ValleyEnterprise
Snow a year0″0″
January low38°F38°F
July high106°F106°F
Growing season (days)302d302d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th57th
Outdoors & history
Spring ValleyEnterprise
Conserved land3.8%33.7%
Settled19811996
Archive photos312
Community
Spring ValleyEnterprise
Library hours a week66 hrs66 hrs
Colleges in town2—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Spring ValleyEnterprise
People
Population 219,187Lowest 240,464Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.9%Lowest NV: +15% +104.5%Highest NV: +15%
Median age 39.9±0.6Highest about the NV average 36.9±0.5Lowest 6% below NV
Kids under 18 18.5%±0.7Lowest NV: 21.7% 22.6%±0.8Highest NV: 21.7%
Age 65+ 16.5%±0.6Highest NV: 17% 11.6%±0.6Lowest NV: 17%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.4%Lowest NV: 27.9% 35.7%Highest NV: 27.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±0.4Lowest NV: 5.2% 6.3%±0.5Highest NV: 5.2%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $74,511±$2kLowest 5% below NV $98,462±$3kHighest 26% above NV
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $433,800±$6kLowest about the NV average $475,500±$6kHighest 9% above NV
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,743±$24Lowest 9% above NV $1,934±$31Highest 21% above NV
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,149Lowest 6% above NV $2,541Highest 25% above NV
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.6%±2.5Highest NV: 55.9% 53.1%±2.7Lowest NV: 55.9%
Spring Valley and Enterprise are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 12.2%Highest NV: 12.4% 8.7%Lowest NV: 12.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 50.5%Lowest NV: 60% 63.7%Highest NV: 60%
Typical home builtmedian year 1999Lowest 3 yrs newer than NV 2007Highest 11 yrs newer than NV
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 9% below NV 24 minHighest 4% below NV
Work from home 14.1%±1.3Highest NV: 11.9% 13.7%±0.9Lowest NV: 11.9%
Spring Valley and Enterprise are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 13%Highest 10.9%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 8.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.79Highest 0.57Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Paradise (33%)Paradise (32%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 7% work in Enterprise9% work in Spring Valley
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Lowest 33.7%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 14.2 miLowest 196.8 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 3.0 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Highest 14Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 172Highest 123Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #22 of 41 in NV#9 of 41 in NV
School district Clark CountyClark County
High school in town Sierra Vista HSDesert Oasis HS
Students per teacherat that high school 24.5Lowest 26.0Highest
Nevada average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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