Goodsprings vs Mount Charleston

A side-by-side comparison of Goodsprings and Mount Charleston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Charleston has the higher population (518 vs 216 in Goodsprings). Mount Charleston has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $23,918 in Goodsprings).

Population, income & housing

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
Population	216	518
Median age	64.6 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$23,918	$111,250
Median home value	—	$630,000
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	218	354
Homeownership rate	25.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	84.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
Population	0 → 216 (+0.0%)	369 → 518 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$23,989 → $23,918 (-0.3%)	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)
Median home value	—	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $760 (-0.1%)	$1,075 → $1,071 (-0.4%)

Goodsprings

Population

0216

Median household income

$23,989$23,918

Median gross rent

$761$760

Mount Charleston

Population

369518

Median household income

$69,712$111,250

Median home value

$446,900$630,000

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	24.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	22.2%	23.7%
65 to 74	33.8%	13.3%
75 and over	11.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
No high school diploma	31.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	60.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
Drove alone	100.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
1-unit, detached	51.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goodsprings	Mount Charleston
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.1%
Average household size	1.28	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1985	1971