Boulder City vs Laughlin

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder City and Laughlin: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder City and Laughlin are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boulder City has the higher population (14,888 vs 8,643 in Laughlin). Boulder City has the higher median household income ($69,145 vs $45,248 in Laughlin). Boulder City has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $255,000 in Laughlin).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder City	Laughlin
Population	14,888	8,643
Median age	51.8 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,145	$45,248
Median home value	$424,200	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,375	$991
Housing units	7,305	5,431
Homeownership rate	75.0%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder City	Laughlin
Population	15,840 → 14,888 (-6.0%)	7,965 → 8,643 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$61,787 → $69,145 (+11.9%)	$35,971 → $45,248 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $424,200 (+47.8%)	$157,200 → $255,000 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,375 (+37.2%)	$751 → $991 (+32.0%)

Boulder City

Population

15,84014,888

Median household income

$61,787$69,145

Median home value

$287,000$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,375

Laughlin

Population

7,9658,643

Median household income

$35,971$45,248

Median home value

$157,200$255,000

Median gross rent

$751$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder City	Laughlin
Under 5	3.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	21.6%
75 and over	13.9%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder City	Laughlin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	72.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder City	Laughlin
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder City	Laughlin
Drove alone	78.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.6%	8.4%
Walked	3.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder City	Laughlin
1-unit, detached	66.8%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	30.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Boulder City	Laughlin
Poverty rate	10.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.26	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1981	1991