The 10 Gayest Places In Nevada For 2024


The gayest cities in Nevada are Henderson and Reno for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in Nevada research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in Nevada with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2024. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2013-2018 vintage, which breaks down sex by household status. Unfortunately, the Census has stopped reporting at the city level, so this report reflects the most recent data.

  • The city with the highest rate of same-sex houesholds in Nevada is Henderson. 0.68% of households in Henderson are gay.

  • The city in Nevada with the most same-sex houesholds is Las Vegas with 978 gay households.

  • Nevada is the 9th most gay in the United States.

Gayest Cities In Nevada Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


An estimated 1.31% of Nevada residents are gay.

That means there are a total of 15,649 gay households in The Silver State.

Our goal with this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine the gayest cities in Nevada.

After analyzing 14 cities with over 1,000 households, we’ve determined these are The Gayest Cities in Nevada for 2024.

The 10 Gayest Places In Nevada For 2024

  1. Henderson
  2. Reno
  3. North Las Vegas
  4. Fallon
  5. Las Vegas
  6. Sparks
  7. Elko
  8. Boulder City
  9. Ely
  10. Fernley

What’s the gayest place in Nevada? According to the facts, Henderson is the gayest place in Nevada for 2024.

For more on how we calculated the top ten, and for more information about these places, read on.

For more Nevada reading, check out:

The 10 Gayest Cities In Nevada For 2024

Henderson, NV

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Households: 113,901
Gay Households: 599 (2nd highest)
% Gay Households: 0.68% (1st highest)
More on Henderson: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Reno, NV

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Households: 98,844
Gay Households: 585 (3rd highest)
% Gay Households: 0.64% (2nd highest)
More on Reno: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

North Las Vegas, NV

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Households: 72,532
Gay Households: 306 (4th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.57% (3rd highest)
More on North Las Vegas: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Fallon, NV

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Households: 3,567
Gay Households: 9 (10th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.5% (4th highest)
More on Fallon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Las Vegas, NV

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Households: 226,396
Gay Households: 978 (1st highest)
% Gay Households: 0.39% (5th highest)
More on Las Vegas: Data | Cost Of Living

Sparks, NV

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Households: 38,056
Gay Households: 118 (5th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.27% (6th highest)
More on Sparks: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Elko, NV

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Households: 6,932
Gay Households: 13 (7th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.17% (7th highest)
More on Elko: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Boulder City, NV

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Households: 6,481
Gay Households: 23 (6th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.0% (8th highest)
More on Boulder City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Ely, NV

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 3.0
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Households: 1,736
Gay Households: 10 (8th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.0% (9th highest)
More on Ely: Data

Fernley, NV

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0
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Households: 7,165
Gay Households: 10 (8th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.0% (10th highest)
More on Fernley: Data | Cost Of Living

How do you determine the best cities for same-sex households in Nevada for 2024

In order to rank the gayest cities in Nevada, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2013-2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 14 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same sex partners households being the most gay.

In the end, ended up being the the most gay place with 0.68% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straighest.

We updated this report for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the gayest places in Nevada.

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In Nevada For 2024

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in Nevada, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in Nevada are .

If you’re curious enough, here are the least gay places in Nevada:

  • Yerington
  • Winnemucca
  • West Wendover

For more Nevada reading, check out:

Table: Gayest Places To Live In Nevada

Rank City Households % Gay Households
1 Henderson 113,901 0.68%
2 Reno 98,844 0.64%
3 North Las Vegas 72,532 0.57%
4 Fallon 3,567 0.5%
5 Las Vegas 226,396 0.39%
6 Sparks 38,056 0.27%
7 Elko 6,932 0.17%
8 Boulder City 6,481 0.0%
9 Ely 1,736 0.0%
10 Fernley 7,165 0.0%
11 Mesquite 7,889 0.0%
12 West Wendover 1,307 0.0%
13 Winnemucca 2,981 0.0%
14 Yerington 1,392 0.0%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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