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Housing in Walker Lake

A typical Walker Lake home is worth roughly $207,000

Home prices around Walker Lake have risen about 47% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$207K
▲ 6.1% in a year · NV $442K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,420
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,410
NV $2,027

What kind of housing town is Walker Lake?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Walker Lake

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You could afford about
$323,000
Typical Walker Lake home $207K

That covers a typical Walker Lake home, with $116K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,170
Loan $1,030Tax $80Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420 a month here, $250 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Nevada typical property tax (0.47% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 47% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Walker Lake rose 47% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Nevada. Last year prices rose 6.1%.

Walker Lake areaNevada
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%2012201520202025
+6.1%
past year
+47%
past 5 years
+150%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Walker Lake, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080
1 bedroom$1,080
2 bedrooms$1,420
3 bedrooms$1,970
4 bedrooms$2,380
15%
of households rent · NV 40%
7
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mineral County, NV): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

86% of Walker Lake households own their home

Half of Walker Lake’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 15%

Nevada: 60% own.

1985
typical home built · NV 1996
$1,410
median property tax bill · NV $2,027

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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