Boulder City vs Summerlin South

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

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

Summerlin South has the higher population (30,075 vs 14,888 in Boulder City). Summerlin South has the higher median household income ($113,301 vs $69,145 in Boulder City). Summerlin South has the higher median home value ($641,600 vs $424,200 in Boulder City).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
Population	14,888	30,075
Median age	51.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,145	$113,301
Median home value	$424,200	$641,600
Median gross rent	$1,375	$2,400
Housing units	7,305	14,222
Homeownership rate	75.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
Population	15,840 → 14,888 (-6.0%)	27,908 → 30,075 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$61,787 → $69,145 (+11.9%)	$93,899 → $113,301 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $424,200 (+47.8%)	$426,400 → $641,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,375 (+37.2%)	$1,800 → $2,400 (+33.3%)

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

Summerlin South

Population

27,90830,075

Median household income

$93,899$113,301

Median home value

$426,400$641,600

Median gross rent

$1,800$2,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.4%
75 and over	13.9%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	61.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	15.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
Drove alone	78.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	18.4%
Other means	0.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
1-unit, detached	66.8%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder City	Summerlin South
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1981	2006