Laughlin vs Moapa Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Laughlin and Moapa Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laughlin has the higher population (8,643 vs 6,699 in Moapa Valley). Moapa Valley has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $45,248 in Laughlin). Moapa Valley has the higher median home value ($360,600 vs $255,000 in Laughlin).

Population, income & housing

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
Population	8,643	6,699
Median age	57.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,248	$83,571
Median home value	$255,000	$360,600
Median gross rent	$991	$1,007
Housing units	5,431	2,577
Homeownership rate	48.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
Population	7,965 → 8,643 (+8.5%)	7,213 → 6,699 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$35,971 → $45,248 (+25.8%)	$66,806 → $83,571 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$157,200 → $255,000 (+62.2%)	$208,200 → $360,600 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $991 (+32.0%)	$876 → $1,007 (+15.0%)

Laughlin

Population

7,9658,643

Median household income

$35,971$45,248

Median home value

$157,200$255,000

Median gross rent

$751$991

Moapa Valley

Population

7,2136,699

Median household income

$66,806$83,571

Median home value

$208,200$360,600

Median gross rent

$876$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
Under 5	3.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	21.6%	10.5%
75 and over	15.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
Drove alone	76.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.5%
Public transit	8.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
1-unit, detached	32.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	17.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Laughlin	Moapa Valley
Poverty rate	21.1%	7.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	36
Median year structure built	1991	1990