Latest Findings:
Community Information:
The Las Vegas MSA includes Clark County, Nevada. In 2013, the MSA included approximately 693,000 occupied dwelling units, 39.8% of which were located in the central cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, and Paradise (unincorporated). The housing stock of the MSA was among the youngest for age most heavily rental of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked first both for the MSA (0.6%) and for the central city (0.4%). The median house age in the Las Vegas MSA was 1995 (1990 inside the central city and 1995 outside). The percentage of rental units ranked 47th (45.9%) for the MSA and 15th (51.5%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, the Las Vegas area had a higher poverty rate, ranking 40th (17.4%) for the entire MSA and 13th (19.1%) for homes in the central city.
Positive Findings:
Compared to the national average, homes in the Las Vegas metro area are of higher basic housing quality, having fewer homes with moderate or severe physical problems, incomplete plumbing, broken plaster or peeling paint, open cracks or holes in walls, heating equipment breakdowns, room heaters without flues, water leaks from outside, and signs of rodents. Dwellings inside and outside of the central city were less likely than average to have incomplete plumbing, water leaks from the outside, signs of rodents, room heaters without a flue, or severe physical problems. The basic housing quality of Las Vegas-area rental dwellings was higher than average, and they were less likely to have moderate or severe physical problems, open cracks or holes in walls, heating equipment breakdowns, incomplete plumbing and kitchen facilities, room heaters without a flue, water leaks from outside or inside, signs of rodents, and siding and window problems. Owner-occupied homes were of better basic housing quality than average and were less likely to have moderate or severe physical problems, incomplete plumbing, room heaters without flues, water leaks from outside, and evidence of rodents.
Areas for Improvement:
Compared to the national average, Las Vegas-area homes had more identifiable defects than the national average and were more likely to have problems with roaches; this was also true among owner-occupied dwellings and homes inside and outside the central city. Further, homes inside and outside the central city were more likely to have holes in floors, water supply stoppage, and lack complete kitchen facilities. Rental properties were more likely to have signs of roaches than the national average.