Boulder City vs Mesquite

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

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

Mesquite has the higher population (21,314 vs 14,888 in Boulder City). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($74,439 vs $69,145 in Boulder City). Boulder City has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $374,400 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder City	Mesquite
Population	14,888	21,314
Median age	51.8 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,145	$74,439
Median home value	$424,200	$374,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,114
Housing units	7,305	11,905
Homeownership rate	75.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder City	Mesquite
Population	15,840 → 14,888 (-6.0%)	18,446 → 21,314 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$61,787 → $69,145 (+11.9%)	$55,542 → $74,439 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $424,200 (+47.8%)	$236,700 → $374,400 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,375 (+37.2%)	$879 → $1,114 (+26.7%)

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

Mesquite

Population

18,44621,314

Median household income

$55,542$74,439

Median home value

$236,700$374,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder City	Mesquite
Under 5	3.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	27.2%
75 and over	13.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder City	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	70.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder City	Mesquite
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder City	Mesquite
Drove alone	78.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	14.6%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	3.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder City	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	66.8%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Boulder City	Mesquite
Poverty rate	10.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1981	2004