Boulder City vs Whitney

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

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

Whitney has the higher population (46,268 vs 14,888 in Boulder City). Boulder City has the higher median household income ($69,145 vs $63,480 in Whitney). Boulder City has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $299,700 in Whitney).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder City	Whitney
Population	14,888	46,268
Median age	51.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,145	$63,480
Median home value	$424,200	$299,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,477
Housing units	7,305	18,425
Homeownership rate	75.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder City	Whitney
Population	15,840 → 14,888 (-6.0%)	42,973 → 46,268 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$61,787 → $69,145 (+11.9%)	$49,699 → $63,480 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$287,000 → $424,200 (+47.8%)	$183,500 → $299,700 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,375 (+37.2%)	$1,117 → $1,477 (+32.2%)

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

Whitney

Population

42,97346,268

Median household income

$49,699$63,480

Median home value

$183,500$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder City	Whitney
Under 5	3.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.2%
75 and over	13.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder City	Whitney
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	26.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder City	Whitney
No high school diploma	3.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder City	Whitney
Drove alone	78.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.6%	2.6%
Walked	3.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder City	Whitney
1-unit, detached	66.8%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Boulder City	Whitney
Poverty rate	10.9%	16.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1981	2002