Goodsprings vs Nelson

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

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

Goodsprings has the higher population (216 vs 29 in Nelson). Nelson has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $23,918 in Goodsprings).

Population, income & housing

	Goodsprings	Nelson
Population	216	29
Median age	64.6 yrs	68.2 yrs
Median household income	$23,918	$48,750
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	218	58
Homeownership rate	25.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	84.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodsprings	Nelson
Population	0 → 216 (+0.0%)	34 → 29 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$23,989 → $23,918 (-0.3%)	$39,464 → $48,750 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $760 (-0.1%)	—

Goodsprings

Population

0216

Median household income

$23,989$23,918

Median gross rent

$761$760

Nelson

Population

3429

Median household income

$39,464$48,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodsprings	Nelson
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	24.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	22.2%	44.8%
65 to 74	33.8%	27.6%
75 and over	11.6%	27.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodsprings	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	100.0%
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	19.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodsprings	Nelson
No high school diploma	31.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	60.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodsprings	Nelson
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodsprings	Nelson
1-unit, detached	51.4%	60.3%
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%	39.7%

Poverty & households

	Goodsprings	Nelson
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.6%
Average household size	1.28	—
Median year structure built	1985	1980