Moapa Town vs Mount Charleston

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

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

Moapa Town has the higher population (967 vs 518 in Mount Charleston). Mount Charleston has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $63,750 in Moapa Town). Mount Charleston has the higher median home value ($630,000 vs $324,800 in Moapa Town).

Population, income & housing

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
Population	967	518
Median age	54.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$111,250
Median home value	$324,800	$630,000
Median gross rent	$811	—
Housing units	431	354
Homeownership rate	84.1%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
Population	710 → 967 (+36.2%)	369 → 518 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$63,220 → $63,750 (+0.8%)	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $324,800 (+112.4%)	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $811 (+19.6%)	$1,075 → $1,071 (-0.4%)

Moapa Town

Population

710967

Median household income

$63,220$63,750

Median home value

$152,900$324,800

Median gross rent

$678$811

Mount Charleston

Population

369518

Median household income

$69,712$111,250

Median home value

$446,900$630,000

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
Under 5	6.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.2%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	23.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	13.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
Drove alone	78.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	20.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
1-unit, detached	67.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moapa Town	Mount Charleston
Poverty rate	18.1%	3.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	43	34
Median year structure built	1989	1971