Northern Nevada Development Authority presents economic and workforce data to Lyon County planning commissioners

Jeff Sudich, outgoing executive director of the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA), presented an economic-development briefing to the Lyon County Planning Commission on Oct. 14, 2025. The presentation summarized county demographics, industry employment, workforce dynamics, industrial sites, incentives, and capacity-building programs affecting Lyon County and the broader region.

Sudich told commissioners Lyon County’s population is about 63,700 with a projected 7.6% increase through 2029 and a median household income of about $73,200. He described an aging population profile and a constrained labor pool: the county’s labor force was cited at roughly 30,100 with a labor force participation rate of about 57.5% and local unemployment around 5.41% (figures reported from federal/state sources and shown in NNDA slides). “We’re seeing this dynamic, and it’s gonna be a constraint for the next 15, 20 years,” Sudich said, characterizing broad demographic pressures on…