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Esmeralda County, Nevada

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Low transaction volume. Esmeralda County, Nevada averaged 1 sale in the latest reporting month, so YoY price moves can swing wildly between months and don't necessarily reflect market direction. Inventory + DOM + price-drop signals stay informative; the % change badges are suppressed below 10 monthly sales.
Median Sale Price
$304,000
low-volume — YoY suppressed
Active Inventory
4
Days on Market
269 days
Price Drops
—

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)
Single-Family Median
$304,000

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin
Months of Supply
4.0 mo
Balanced

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio
86.9%
Heavy price cuts

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List
0%
Buyer-favorable

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in Esmeralda County, Nevada?

$270/sqft median (Redfin)
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Estimated price
$539,485
Above median range (+77% vs median)
Region median
$304,000
all homes
Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?
$600,000
≈ 2,224 sqft
$1,200,000
≈ 4,449 sqft
$2,000,000
≈ 7,414 sqft
$5,000,000
≈ 18,536 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500
Property type:
Upfront capital committed (both paths): $70K = 20% down + 3% closing on a $304K home
BUY + OWN
Median ending wealth $267K $163K real
Net gain on $70K upfront: $197K
Range: $267K → $267K
Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $304K asset comes from the 20% down.
RENT + INVEST
Median ending portfolio $535K $362K real
Net gain on $168K contributed: $367K
Range: $244K → $1.45M
Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $168K total.
Median wealth delta: $268K in favor of RENT + INVEST
What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)
WindowBuy wealthBuy gainRent wealthRent gainWealth delta
2011–2025$267K$197K$802K$633K$535K rent
2010–2024$267K$197K$820K$651K$553K rent
2009–2023$267K$197K$795K$626K$528K rent
2008–2022$267K$197K$520K$352K$253K rent
2007–2021$267K$197K$671K$502K$404K rent
2006–2020$267K$197K$577K$408K$310K rent
2005–2019$267K$197K$515K$347K$248K rent
2004–2018$267K$197K$425K$257K$158K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend
Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg
+60.0%
surplus — buyer leverage
DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg
+68.7%
currently 269 days
Long-Term Avg Inventory
3
Long-Term Avg DOM
160 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency
State HPI YoY
+1.8%
flat — pressure building
State HPI vs. Peak
0.0%
at or near peak peak 2026-01-01
National Mortgage Delinquency
1.89%
benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)
Inbound Movers (1 yr)
244
25.36% of pop. — moved here from outside the county
From Other States
87
9.04% of pop. — interstate inbound
From Abroad
—
moved into the county from outside the U.S.
Same House 1 Year Ago
73%
stable residents

Census ACS asks where people lived 1 year ago, so this counts inbound movers but does not show outbound — true net migration would require IRS SOI parsing.

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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