Bunkerville vs Nellis AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Bunkerville and Nellis AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunkerville and Nellis AFB are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nellis AFB has the higher population (4,755 vs 1,119 in Bunkerville). Bunkerville has the higher median household income ($149,327 vs $67,036 in Nellis AFB). Since 2019, Nellis AFB's population has grown faster (+35.8% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
Population	1,119	4,755
Median age	19.0 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,327	$67,036
Median home value	$320,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,896
Housing units	253	1,194
Homeownership rate	100.0%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
Population	1,479 → 1,119 (-24.3%)	3,501 → 4,755 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $149,327 (+78.3%)	$54,257 → $67,036 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$228,000 → $320,000 (+40.4%)	$89,500 → $98,200 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,558 → $1,896 (+21.7%)

Bunkerville

Population

1,4791,119

Median household income

$83,750$149,327

Median home value

$228,000$320,000

Nellis AFB

Population

3,5014,755

Median household income

$54,257$67,036

Median home value

$89,500$98,200

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
Under 5	9.8%	15.3%
5 to 17	40.1%	29.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	15.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	28.6%
35 to 44	18.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	0.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.8%
75 and over	1.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
Drove alone	83.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	6.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
1-unit, detached	73.5%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	62.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bunkerville	Nellis AFB
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.8%
Average household size	4.87	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	8	20
Median year structure built	1991	2003