Las Vegas vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Las Vegas and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Las Vegas and Spring Valley are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Las Vegas has the higher population (650,873 vs 219,913 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($72,364 vs $70,723 in Las Vegas). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($407,900 vs $395,300 in Las Vegas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
Population	650,873	219,913
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,723	$72,364
Median home value	$395,300	$407,900
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,642
Housing units	263,958	94,377
Homeownership rate	55.7%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
Population	634,773 → 650,873 (+2.5%)	207,127 → 219,913 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$56,354 → $70,723 (+25.5%)	$58,388 → $72,364 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$258,600 → $395,300 (+52.9%)	$262,000 → $407,900 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,456 (+32.1%)	$1,191 → $1,642 (+37.9%)

Las Vegas

Population

634,773650,873

Median household income

$56,354$70,723

Median home value

$258,600$395,300

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,456

Spring Valley

Population

207,127219,913

Median household income

$58,388$72,364

Median home value

$262,000$407,900

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	36.8%
Black or African American	11.5%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	6.8%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	14.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
Drove alone	72.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.5%
Public transit	2.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	12.4%
Other means	2.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	62.0%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Las Vegas	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1994	1998