Boulder City vs Moapa Valley

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

Boulder City and Moapa Valley 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 6,699 in Moapa Valley). Moapa Valley has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $69,145 in Boulder City). Boulder City has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $360,600 in Moapa Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
Population	14,888	6,699
Median age	51.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,145	$83,571
Median home value	$424,200	$360,600
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,007
Housing units	7,305	2,577
Homeownership rate	75.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
Population	15,840 → 14,888 (-6.0%)	7,213 → 6,699 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$61,787 → $69,145 (+11.9%)	$66,806 → $83,571 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $424,200 (+47.8%)	$208,200 → $360,600 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,375 (+37.2%)	$876 → $1,007 (+15.0%)

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

Moapa Valley

Population

7,2136,699

Median household income

$66,806$83,571

Median home value

$208,200$360,600

Median gross rent

$876$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
Under 5	3.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.5%
75 and over	13.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
Drove alone	78.1%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
1-unit, detached	66.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Boulder City	Moapa Valley
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1981	1990