Cal-Nev-Ari vs Searchlight

A side-by-side comparison of Cal-Nev-Ari and Searchlight: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Searchlight has the higher population (329 vs 230 in Cal-Nev-Ari). Searchlight has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $66,700 in Cal-Nev-Ari). Since 2019, Cal-Nev-Ari's population has grown faster (+107.2% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
Population	230	329
Median age	66.4 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,594	—
Median home value	$66,700	$128,200
Median gross rent	$835	$475
Housing units	188	421
Homeownership rate	62.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	61.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
Population	111 → 230 (+107.2%)	318 → 329 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$33,500 → $33,594 (+0.3%)	$30,750 → $31,250 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $66,700 (-7.7%)	$97,200 → $128,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $835 (+22.6%)	$381 → $475 (+24.7%)

Cal-Nev-Ari

Population

111230

Median household income

$33,500$33,594

Median home value

$72,300$66,700

Median gross rent

$681$835

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)

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.0%	1.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	24.9%
65 to 74	27.8%	20.7%
75 and over	30.9%	33.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	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	25.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
No high school diploma	23.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
Drove alone	0.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
1-unit, detached	20.2%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	79.8%	67.0%

Poverty & households

	Cal-Nev-Ari	Searchlight
Poverty rate	47.8%	28.9%
Average household size	1.76	1.42
Median year structure built	1980	1986