Renters vs Owners in Las Vegas: 2025 Census Data

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How Many Las Vegas Households Rent?

By The Rental Lister · Published November 11, 2026 · Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025, released October 29, 2026

In 2025, 40.7% of occupied homes in Clark County, which covers the whole Las Vegas metro, were rented, against 34.7% nationally. In the City of Las Vegas the share was 42.6%.

Key Numbers

• 40.7%of Clark County households rent: 363,507 of 893,378Census ACS 2025, table B25003
• 20.0%of occupied detached houses in Clark County are rented, against 13.4% nationallyCensus ACS 2025, table B25032
• $1,711median monthly gross rent (rent plus utilities) in Clark County; U.S. $1,557Census ACS 2025, table B25064
• 54.8%of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent and utilities; 28.5% spend half or moreCensus ACS 2025, table B25070

City of Las Vegas

42.6%

Clark County (Las Vegas metro)

40.7%

Nevada

38.9%

United States

34.7%

North Las Vegas

33.5%

Henderson

33.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, table B25003. Shares calculated by The Rental Lister from the published counts; margins of error are in the table below.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level, in percentage points. The changes from 2024 to 2025 are all within, or about the size of, their margins of error, so read them as noise rather than a trend.

Renters Are a Smaller Share, Not a Smaller Number

Clark County’s renter share fell from 45.7% in 2019 to 40.7% in 2025. That is not because renters left. The number of renter households stayed between about 362,000 and 375,000 over those years, while owner households grew from 441,385 to 529,871, an increase of about 88,000.

The Census Bureau did not publish standard 1-year estimates for 2020. The fall from 2019 to 2025 is well outside the margin of error; the step from 2024 to 2025 is about the size of it.

A Valley Where Many Renters Rent a House

35.6% of Clark County renter households live in a single-family house: 30.6% in a detached house and 5.0% in an attached one, such as a townhouse. Nationally the figure is 30.8%. In North Las Vegas it is more than half (55.3%).

Looked at the other way, 20.0% of the county’s occupied detached houses are rented, about 111,200 homes, against 13.4% nationally.

Rent and Rent Burden

The median gross rent in Clark County was $1,711 a month in 2025 (±$25): $1,697 in the City of Las Vegas, $1,873 in Henderson and $1,821 in North Las Vegas, against $1,557 nationally. Gross rent includes the utilities a renter pays and covers every lease, including ones signed years ago, so it runs below what homes are listed for today. For current listings, see our guide to the Las Vegas rental market.

54.8% of Clark County renter households (±2.5) spent 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities in 2025, and 28.5% spent half or more, compared with 51.8% and 26.2% nationally. The 30%-or-more share was 59.9% in 2024. That looks like an improvement, but the 2025 survey was disrupted (see Method and Sources), so we treat it as one year’s reading rather than a proven trend.

Two Census Surveys, Two Answers

The Census Bureau’s quarterly Housing Vacancy Survey put the Las Vegas metro’s homeownership rate at 54.5% in the third quarter of 2026, with a margin of error of ±4.3 points. The annual American Community Survey above has 59.3% of Clark County households owning in 2025. The quarterly survey has a much smaller local sample, so most of its quarter-to-quarter moves are noise. For the level, we use the annual survey.

What This Means for Owners

• Renting out a house is normal here. About 111,000 detached houses in Clark County are rented, and more than a third of renters live in a single-family home.
• Demand differs by city. In North Las Vegas more than half of renters live in houses; in Henderson only one household in three rents at all. Our guide to who rents in Las Vegas describes the renter groups behind these numbers.
• Budgets are stretched. With more than half of renters already spending 30% or more of income on housing, pricing a home from real comparables matters more than pushing the rent. A free rental analysis shows what your home should rent for.
• Screen income the same way for everyone. Written tenant screening criteria, applied identically to every applicant, protect you and the applicant.

Method and Sources

All figures are U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates, read from data.census.gov on November 11, 2026. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is Clark County alone, so the county and metro figures are the same. Shares are our calculations from the published counts, with margins of error from the Census Bureau’s standard formulas, at the 90% confidence level. These are survey estimates, not a forecast for any one home.

The 2025 survey has a known limit: the fall 2025 federal funding lapse stopped ACS data collection for six weeks, and the Census Bureau says this affected 2025 sample sizes, response rates and margins of error. Read changes between 2024 and 2025 with care.

• Tenure (renters and owners), table B25003: data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B25003?g=050XX00US32003
• Tenure by units in structure, table B25032: data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B25032?g=050XX00US32003
• Median gross rent, table B25064: data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B25064?g=050XX00US32003
• Gross rent as a percentage of household income, table B25070: data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B25070?g=050XX00US32003
• Housing Vacancy Survey, homeownership rates for the 75 largest metro areas, 2026: www.census.gov/housing/hvs/data/rates/tab6_msa_26_hmr.xlsx
• Census Bureau user note on 2025 ACS data collection: www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/user-notes/2026-04.html

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