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- How old are the homes, and the trees? Housing age by town

# How old are the homes, and the trees? Housing age by town

Homes in Hawthorne, Virginia City, Zephyr Cove and Kingsbury are the oldest in our area, with more than two in three built before 1980, while Spanish Springs, Northwest Reno and Cold Springs are the newest. Older neighborhoods usually have older, larger trees.

| Place | Homes built before 1980 | Built before 1960 | Built 2000 or later | Median year built | Owner-occupied | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyland | 84.7% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 1973 | 92.9% | 242 |
| Hawthorne | 82.6% | 38.2% | 1.5% | 1964 | 66.8% | 1,475 |
| Round Hill Village | 80.9% | 2.1% | 6.5% | 1975 | 91.2% | 802 |
| Virginia City | 76.2% | 54.2% | 13.4% | 1956 | 100.0% | 336 |
| Zephyr Cove | 73.1% | 33.2% | 9.6% | 1972 | 73.9% | 680 |
| Kingsbury | 67.6% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1976 | 65.7% | 1,989 |
| Old Southwest Reno (89509) | 62.5% | 24.8% | 11.8% | 1975 | 55.5% | 18,256 |
| Southeast Reno and Hidden Valley (89502) | 62.1% | 15.5% | 11.5% | 1977 | 35.7% | 21,066 |
| Yerington | 60.1% | 30.6% | 14.7% | 1976 | 71.9% | 1,476 |
| West Reno (89503) | 59.3% | 21.1% | 18.8% | 1975 | 45.6% | 14,192 |
| Crystal Bay | 59.1% | 47.4% | 0.0% | 1972 | 92.3% | 215 |
| Washoe Valley | 53.1% | 2.1% | 11.4% | 1979 | 93.4% | 1,343 |
| Lemmon Valley | 52.6% | 0.7% | 20.2% | 1979 | 95.8% | 1,875 |
| Stateline | 51.0% | 0.0% | 12.3% | 1980 | 8.0% | 292 |
| Golden Valley | 50.3% | 0.0% | 22.1% | 1980 | 98.1% | 467 |
| West Carson City (89703) | 50.1% | 13.1% | 18.9% | 1980 | 72.5% | 5,182 |
| Carson City | 48.6% | 7.5% | 16.7% | 1981 | 62.3% | 25,156 |
| North Carson City (89706) | 48.5% | 7.7% | 18.2% | 1981 | 60.0% | 9,161 |
| North Central Reno and the University area (89512) | 47.5% | 14.2% | 26.3% | 1982 | 28.6% | 12,717 |
| Incline Village | 47.1% | 0.5% | 11.7% | 1981 | 71.0% | 7,767 |
| Wadsworth | 43.3% | 7.8% | 11.9% | 1983 | 63.3% | 319 |
| Fallon | 39.8% | 16.5% | 25.3% | 1985 | 50.7% | 4,566 |
| Reno | 37.4% | 11.7% | 35.6% | 1990 | 49.8% | 123,756 |
| Topaz Ranch Estates | 34.4% | 1.0% | 18.0% | 1987 | 85.2% | 790 |
| Sparks | 33.8% | 9.0% | 39.8% | 1993 | 59.8% | 45,898 |
| Sun Valley | 32.5% | 4.3% | 15.6% | 1990 | 75.5% | 7,177 |
| Silver Springs | 31.7% | 4.8% | 32.9% | 1993 | 84.8% | 2,649 |
| Palomino Valley and Pyramid Highway (89510) | 30.3% | 0.9% | 31.9% | 1990 | 95.9% | 677 |
| North Valleys and Stead (89506) | 30.1% | 5.9% | 48.8% | 1999 | 70.7% | 17,388 |
| East Sparks (89434) | 29.7% | 1.3% | 27.3% | 1987 | 63.0% | 11,894 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos | 28.3% | 1.4% | 17.2% | 1987 | 81.1% | 4,969 |
| Genoa | 27.1% | 15.9% | 40.7% | 1996 | 90.1% | 642 |
| Stagecoach | 26.7% | 4.4% | 34.4% | 1993 | 81.8% | 880 |
| Smith Valley | 26.6% | 17.4% | 63.7% | 2004 | 84.6% | 998 |
| Verdi | 26.2% | 12.7% | 26.2% | 1986 | 89.2% | 527 |
| Fish Springs | 24.6% | 3.7% | 28.3% | 1991 | 98.0% | 244 |
| Indian Hills | 23.9% | 2.5% | 36.5% | 1995 | 81.1% | 2,740 |
| Caughlin Ranch (89519) | 21.7% | 3.6% | 27.6% | 1993 | 76.4% | 4,250 |
| Ruhenstroth | 19.8% | 0.0% | 44.0% | 1996 | 93.2% | 734 |
| Gardnerville | 17.9% | 2.4% | 54.6% | 2001 | 51.5% | 2,910 |
| Galena and Mt. Rose Highway (89511) | 17.3% | 1.4% | 42.3% | 1997 | 69.3% | 13,909 |
| Johnson Lane | 16.6% | 0.0% | 37.3% | 1995 | 94.0% | 2,785 |
| Minden | 16.0% | 2.6% | 31.4% | 1995 | 74.5% | 1,675 |
| Glenbrook | 14.6% | 3.4% | 19.9% | 1986 | 100.0% | 322 |
| Fernley | 14.1% | 1.8% | 55.3% | 2001 | 72.0% | 9,141 |
| Mogul | 12.7% | 1.3% | 7.4% | 1985 | 91.1% | 474 |
| Dayton | 10.4% | 1.9% | 55.7% | 2002 | 79.9% | 6,140 |
| South Reno (89521) | 9.0% | 1.7% | 76.1% | 2007 | 68.9% | 17,782 |
| Cold Springs | 7.4% | 0.2% | 67.5% | 2004 | 91.8% | 3,700 |
| East Valley | 7.4% | 2.7% | 42.3% | 1998 | 99.7% | 634 |
| Northwest Reno and Somersett (89523) | 5.3% | 0.6% | 47.1% | 1999 | 60.8% | 17,027 |
| Spanish Springs | 4.4% | 0.0% | 57.2% | 2002 | 91.9% | 6,947 |
| North Sparks and Wingfield Springs (89436) | 2.6% | 0.2% | 68.1% | 2004 | 74.7% | 19,598 |

Source: [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (tables B25034, B25035, B25003)](https://data.census.gov/). Small places have wide margins of error; treat their figures as approximate. ZIP-named rows are ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. [Download this table (CSV)](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/housing-age-by-town/housing-age-by-town.csv)

The table ranks 44 places by the share of homes built before 1980, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. A house's age is only a clue to the age of its trees, but it is a useful one when you are deciding what kind of work a street is likely to need.

## What the dataset is

The American Community Survey is the Census Bureau's yearly survey of households. We use the 2020 to 2024 five-year estimates, tables B25034 (year built), B25035 (median year built) and B25003 (owners and renters). Five-year estimates pool five years of answers so that small places have enough responses to report at all.

Small places carry wide margins of error, so read their percentages as approximate. Rows named with a ZIP number, such as Old Southwest Reno (89509), are ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, not neighborhood boundaries.

## How to read it

The first numeric column is the share of homes built before 1980. The next two give the share built before 1960 and the share built in 2000 or later, so you can see whether a place is old, new or a mix. Median year built is the middle house when every home is lined up by age. The last two columns show how many homes are owner-occupied and how many housing units the estimate covers.

## What stands out

- Hawthorne has the highest share built before 1980 at 82.6%, with a median year built of 1964. Virginia City is next at 76.2%, with a median of 1956 and 54.2% built before 1960.
- Zephyr Cove (73.1%), Kingsbury (67.6%), Old Southwest Reno (62.5%) and Yerington (60.1%) all have more than 60% built before 1980.
- Carson City is at 48.6%, Reno 37.4% and Sparks 33.8%.
- At the other end, Spanish Springs is 4.4%, ZIP 89523 in Northwest Reno 5.3%, Cold Springs 7.4% and ZIP 89521 in South Reno 9.0%. In Spanish Springs and Cold Springs more than half of the homes date from 2000 or later.

## What it means for a homeowner's trees

A neighborhood laid out in the 1950s, 1960s or 1970s has had decades for its trees to grow. That usually means larger trees, more dead wood in the crowns and more trees standing close to houses, wires and sewer lines. Those lots tend to call for [large tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/large-tree-removal/), [crane work](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/crane-assisted-tree-removal/), [cabling and bracing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/cabling-bracing/) and [dead wooding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/dead-wooding/).

A subdivision from the 2000s has younger trees. The work there is more often early structural pruning, stump grinding after a removal and [root barriers](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/root-barriers/) next to new sidewalks. Trees can be older or younger than the house they stand beside, so treat housing age as a starting point and let an arborist look at the actual tree.

## Limits of the data

The survey counts homes, not trees, and says nothing about species or condition. Estimates for places with a few hundred homes can move a lot from one release to the next. Mound House has no Census place of its own and is not in the table.

### Sources

- [U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25034, B25035, B25003)](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026)

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### Keep reading

- [Large tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/large-tree-removal/)
- [Tree cabling and bracing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/cabling-bracing/)
- [Siberian elms: the tree on every old Nevada lot](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/siberian-elms-old-nevada-lots/)
- [Tree roots, sidewalks and sewer lines](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/tree-roots-sidewalks-sewer-lines/)
- [Elevation and plant hardiness zones across the service area](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/elevation-and-hardiness-zones/)

## Questions people ask

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### Which Northern Nevada town has the oldest homes?

By share of homes built before 1980, Hawthorne is highest at 82.6%. By median year built, Virginia City is oldest at 1956.

### Which area has the newest homes?

Spanish Springs has the smallest share built before 1980 at 4.4%, and South Reno (ZIP 89521) has the latest median year built at 2007.

### Do older homes mean bigger trees?

Often, because the trees have had longer to grow, but it is not a rule. The table measures houses, not trees, so a site visit is the only way to know.

### Where does the housing age come from?

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024 five-year estimates, tables B25034, B25035 and B25003.