Moapa Town vs Moapa Valley

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

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

Moapa Valley has the higher population (6,699 vs 967 in Moapa Town). Moapa Valley has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $63,750 in Moapa Town). Moapa Valley has the higher median home value ($360,600 vs $324,800 in Moapa Town).

Population, income & housing

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
Population	967	6,699
Median age	54.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$83,571
Median home value	$324,800	$360,600
Median gross rent	$811	$1,007
Housing units	431	2,577
Homeownership rate	84.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
Population	710 → 967 (+36.2%)	7,213 → 6,699 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$63,220 → $63,750 (+0.8%)	$66,806 → $83,571 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $324,800 (+112.4%)	$208,200 → $360,600 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $811 (+19.6%)	$876 → $1,007 (+15.0%)

Moapa Town

Population

710967

Median household income

$63,220$63,750

Median home value

$152,900$324,800

Median gross rent

$678$811

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)

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.5%
75 and over	9.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
Drove alone	78.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	20.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
1-unit, detached	67.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Moapa Town	Moapa Valley
Poverty rate	18.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	43	36
Median year structure built	1989	1990