Moapa Town vs Nellis AFB

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

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

Nellis AFB has the higher population (4,755 vs 967 in Moapa Town). Nellis AFB has the higher median household income ($67,036 vs $63,750 in Moapa Town).

Population, income & housing

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
Population	967	4,755
Median age	54.4 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$67,036
Median home value	$324,800	—
Median gross rent	$811	$1,896
Housing units	431	1,194
Homeownership rate	84.1%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	24.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
Population	710 → 967 (+36.2%)	3,501 → 4,755 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$63,220 → $63,750 (+0.8%)	$54,257 → $67,036 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $324,800 (+112.4%)	$89,500 → $98,200 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $811 (+19.6%)	$1,558 → $1,896 (+21.7%)

Moapa Town

Population

710967

Median household income

$63,220$63,750

Median home value

$152,900$324,800

Median gross rent

$678$811

Nellis AFB

Population

3,5014,755

Median household income

$54,257$67,036

Median home value

$89,500$98,200

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
Under 5	6.7%	15.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	29.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	15.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	28.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	0.5%
55 to 64	18.4%	0.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	0.8%
75 and over	9.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
Drove alone	78.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	20.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.3%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
1-unit, detached	67.5%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	62.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moapa Town	Nellis AFB
Poverty rate	18.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.80	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	43	20
Median year structure built	1989	2003