Housing and Homeless Services

PIT 2024

The Northern Nevada 2024 Point in Time Count was conducted on January 25, 2024. Below please find the data for this year: 

Results

  • 1,760 total persons counted
  • Increase of 70 total individuals compared to 2023 PIT Count
  • Increase of 34 individuals in the unsheltered population
  • Increase of 36 individuals in shelters and transitional housing 

Gender breakdown of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness (from those who provided a response):

  • Male: 66%
  • Female: 32%
  • Data not collected: 7%
  • Gender that is not singularly Female or Male: 2%

The chart below outlines sheltered and unsheltered data from 2019-2024:

Sheltered Unsheltered Total
1/24/2019 1,030 226 1,256
1/30/2020 772 459 1,231
2/4/2021 928 780 1,708
2/24/2022 1,188 417 1,605
1/26/2023 1,361 329 1,690
1/25/2024 1,397 363 1,760

Trend Analysis

  • While there is a slight increase in the total number of people experiencing homelessness, the total number of people counted is very similar to last year.
    • The PIT count is a one time per year snapshot.
    • Many communities around the county are seeing significant increases.
  • Having 90% of providers enter data into HMIS allows us to analyze communitywide trends more frequently than annually.
    • Continued timely data entry is critical to this analysis.
  • Utilization overall has increase with Emergency Shelter and Permanent Supportive Housing having higher utilization rates than Transitional Housing.
  • If inflow continues to exceed outflow, the total number of people experiencing homelessness will continue to grow.
  • Affordable Housing stock for extremely low-income populations (30% or less) must increase to see further improvements in reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness.

More PIT Data


Approved Methodology 

View the archived 2024 PIT approved methodology on the Archive page.


Additional Information 

If you are interested in additional information on Point in Time Count (PIT) , please contact Washoe County Housing and Homeless Services at: RegionalHomelessServices@washoecounty.gov

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