Blue Diamond vs Mount Charleston

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Diamond and Mount Charleston: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Diamond and Mount Charleston are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Charleston has the higher population (518 vs 270 in Blue Diamond). Mount Charleston has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $85,227 in Blue Diamond). Blue Diamond has the higher median home value ($633,100 vs $630,000 in Mount Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
Population	270	518
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,227	$111,250
Median home value	$633,100	$630,000
Housing units	143	354
Homeownership rate	75.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
Population	326 → 270 (-17.2%)	369 → 518 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$75,515 → $85,227 (+12.9%)	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)
Median home value	$383,800 → $633,100 (+65.0%)	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,320 (+33.7%)	$1,075 → $1,071 (-0.4%)

Blue Diamond

Population

326270

Median household income

$75,515$85,227

Median home value

$383,800$633,100

Median gross rent

$987$1,320

Mount Charleston

Population

369518

Median household income

$69,712$111,250

Median home value

$446,900$630,000

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.2%
25 to 34	4.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	28.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.0%	23.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
No high school diploma	2.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	5.9%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
Drove alone	76.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
1-unit, detached	65.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Diamond	Mount Charleston
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1982	1971