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Gas stations in Nye County, NV
How Nye County, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #877 of 2,358 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 32
- 22 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $65.1M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,936 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,336
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Nye County comes to about $65.1M a year: $2,936 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 32 gas stations, that is $2M per station, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 32 gas stations on map listings in Nye County as of September 2026. 22 of them (69%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Nye County in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 693 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Nye County.
Population estimates show Nye County grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Nye County is 57 (upper middle), #877 of 2,358 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Nye County compares
The same measures for Nevada and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Nye County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 9.0 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 693 | 1,597 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | −2.6% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,936 | $2,573 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $60,714 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 32+3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 288
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Nye County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Nye County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,336+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 22,175
- Median age
- 52.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 18,182 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $60,714+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,604
- Median home value
- $290,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,921
- Daytime population
- 48,529Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, NV | 82 | 15 | 7.0 | $4.4M | +1.2% | #108 of 2,358 |
| 2Lyon County, NV | 82 | 28 | 11.8 | $2.7M | +9.5% | #119 of 2,358 |
| 3Washoe County, NV | 79 | 124 | 6.2 | $4.4M | +4.4% | #162 of 2,358 |
| 4Churchill County, NV | 77 | 10 | 10.5 | $2.9M | +1.1% | #219 of 2,358 |
| 5Clark County, NV | 72 | 713 | 8.3 | $3M | +5.8% | #340 of 2,358 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 60 | 26 | 11.0 | $2.5M | −0.2% | #747 of 2,358 |
| 7Nye County, NV | 57 | 32 | 14.4 | $2M | +10.3% | #877 of 2,358 |
| 8Elko County, NV | 39 | 49 | 25.0 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #1,643 of 2,358 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 23 | 25 | 36.2 | $862K | 0.0% | #2,174 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Nye County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Nye County, NV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 gas stations in Nye County. 22 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Nye County, NV spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $65.1M a year, or $2,936 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,175 households in Nye County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nye County, NV compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Nye County has 14.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Nye County would have about 27, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 693 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Nye County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Nye County at 57,336 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,175 households. Median household income in Nye County is $60,714, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Nye County scores 57 for gas stations (upper middle), #877 of 2,358 scored counties.
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