Overall, Yerington’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Yerington has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Yerington a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, Yerington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Yerington is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.57% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Yerington in 2022 was $32,922, which is lower middle income relative to Nevada, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,688 for a family of four. However, Yerington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Yerington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yerington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yerington residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Yerington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yerington include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Yerington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
