Minden is a very small town located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 3,442 people and two associated neighborhoods, Minden is the 26th largest community in Nevada.

Minden home prices are not only among the most expensive in Nevada, but Minden real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.99% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Minden 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. Minden has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Minden than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Minden may be for you.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.06 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small town, Minden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Minden citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.36% of adults in Minden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Minden in 2022 was $43,921, which is wealthy relative to Nevada, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,684 for a family of four. However, Minden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Minden is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Minden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Minden residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Minden include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Minden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.