Bunkerville vs Searchlight

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

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

Bunkerville has the higher population (1,119 vs 329 in Searchlight). Bunkerville has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $128,200 in Searchlight). Since 2019, Searchlight's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
Population	1,119	329
Median age	19.0 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,327	—
Median home value	$320,000	$128,200
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	253	421
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
Population	1,479 → 1,119 (-24.3%)	318 → 329 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $149,327 (+78.3%)	$30,750 → $31,250 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$228,000 → $320,000 (+40.4%)	$97,200 → $128,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$381 → $475 (+24.7%)

Bunkerville

Population

1,4791,119

Median household income

$83,750$149,327

Median home value

$228,000$320,000

Searchlight

Population

318329

Median household income

$30,750$31,250

Median home value

$97,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$381$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
Under 5	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	40.1%	1.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	24.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	20.7%
75 and over	1.5%	33.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
Drove alone	83.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
1-unit, detached	73.5%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	67.0%

Poverty & households

	Bunkerville	Searchlight
Poverty rate	0.0%	28.9%
Average household size	4.87	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1991	1986