Indian Springs vs Searchlight

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

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

Indian Springs has the higher population (736 vs 329 in Searchlight). Indian Springs has the higher median home value ($319,100 vs $128,200 in Searchlight). Since 2019, Searchlight's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
Population	736	329
Median age	43.1 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,813	—
Median home value	$319,100	$128,200
Median gross rent	$943	$475
Housing units	397	421
Homeownership rate	67.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
Population	881 → 736 (-16.5%)	318 → 329 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$51,417 → $57,813 (+12.4%)	$30,750 → $31,250 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $319,100 (+228.6%)	$97,200 → $128,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $943 (+15.7%)	$381 → $475 (+24.7%)

Indian Springs

Population

881736

Median household income

$51,417$57,813

Median home value

$97,100$319,100

Median gross rent

$815$943

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)

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	1.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	4.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	24.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	20.7%
75 and over	7.5%	33.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	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	3.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	59.9%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
Drove alone	74.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
1-unit, detached	37.0%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	56.9%	67.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Springs	Searchlight
Poverty rate	7.5%	28.9%
Average household size	2.39	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1990	1986