The 14 most affordable cities in Nevada to buy a house
Homeownership is to the American dream. It offers , security, community, and countless other benefits. Yet for many Nevada residents, the dream feels increasingly out of reach鈥攅ven as and fall. Near-record prices have made homes hard to come by and often even harder to afford, leaving buyers and sellers and younger generations .
But affordable pockets still exist. In cities across the state, residents can comfortably spend around 30% of their income or less on housing, which is widely considered the affordable threshold.
To find out where these cities are, ranked the most affordable cities in Nevada, based on their local payment to income ratios. All data is an average for the January-October 2025 period. To see the most affordable cities in the country, read this .
#1. Lemmon Valley, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 36.5%
- Median sale price: $434,257
- Median household income: $91,132
- Income needed to buy: $110,893
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $2,772
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#2. North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 42.5%
- Median sale price: $425,431
- Median household income: $76,772
- Income needed to buy: $108,639
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $2,716
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#3. Enterprise, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 42.5%
- Median sale price: $520,811
- Median household income: $93,980
- Income needed to buy: $132,996
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,325
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#4. Cold Springs, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 42.9%
- Median sale price: $462,176
- Median household income: $82,450
- Income needed to buy: $118,023
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $2,951
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#5. Spanish Springs, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 43.6%
- Median sale price: $689,302
- Median household income: $121,250
- Income needed to buy: $176,022
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $4,401
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#6. Mesquite, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 45.6%
- Median sale price: $443,381
- Median household income: $74,439
- Income needed to buy: $113,223
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $2,831
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#7. Henderson, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 46.2%
- Median sale price: $534,571
- Median household income: $88,654
- Income needed to buy: $136,509
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,413
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#8. Sparks, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 47.8%
- Median sale price: $542,545
- Median household income: $86,979
- Income needed to buy: $138,546
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,464
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#9. Las Vegas, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 53.1%
- Median sale price: $490,418
- Median household income: $70,723
- Income needed to buy: $125,234
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,131
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#10. Spring Valley, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 54.5%
- Median sale price: $514,916
- Median household income: $72,364
- Income needed to buy: $131,490
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,287
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#11. Reno, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 58.7%
- Median sale price: $600,949
- Median household income: $78,448
- Income needed to buy: $153,460
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,837
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#12. Boulder City, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 60.8%
- Median sale price: $549,072
- Median household income: $69,145
- Income needed to buy: $140,213
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $3,505
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#13. Summerlin South, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 61.1%
- Median sale price: $903,953
- Median household income: $113,301
- Income needed to buy: $230,836
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $5,771
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#14. Incline Village, Nevada
- Payment to income ratio: 104.7%
- Median sale price: $2,224,881
- Median household income: $162,821
- Income needed to buy: $568,152
- Median monthly mortgage payment: $14,204
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