Reno is a relatively large city located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 180,658 people and 34 constituent neighborhoods, Reno is the third largest community in Nevada.

Reno is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Reno is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Reno who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.08%), sales jobs (13.00%), and management occupations (7.91%).

One thing noticeable about Reno, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Reno is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Reno a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Reno is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Reno Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Reno is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.98% of adults in Reno have a college degree.

The per capita income in Reno in 2000 was $22,520, which is wealthy relative to Nevada, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,080 for a family of four.

Reno is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Reno home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Reno is White, followed by Asian. Reno also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.24% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Reno include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Reno's cultural character, accounting for 17.26% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Reno is English. Some people also speak Spanish.