It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fernley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fernley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fernley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fernley may be for you.
The citizens of Fernley are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.86% of adults in Fernley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Fernley in 2022 was $36,125, which is middle income relative to Nevada, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,500 for a family of four. However, Fernley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fernley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fernley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fernley residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Fernley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fernley include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Fernley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
