Moapa Town vs Sandy Valley

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

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

Sandy Valley has the higher population (1,752 vs 967 in Moapa Town). Moapa Town has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,556 in Sandy Valley). Moapa Town has the higher median home value ($324,800 vs $218,500 in Sandy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
Population	967	1,752
Median age	54.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$54,556
Median home value	$324,800	$218,500
Median gross rent	$811	—
Housing units	431	1,062
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
Population	710 → 967 (+36.2%)	1,727 → 1,752 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$63,220 → $63,750 (+0.8%)	$60,028 → $54,556 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $324,800 (+112.4%)	$157,400 → $218,500 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $811 (+19.6%)	—

Moapa Town

Population

710967

Median household income

$63,220$63,750

Median home value

$152,900$324,800

Median gross rent

$678$811

Sandy Valley

Population

1,7271,752

Median household income

$60,028$54,556

Median home value

$157,400$218,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
Under 5	6.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	7.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	26.2%
65 to 74	18.6%	25.7%
75 and over	9.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
Drove alone	78.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	20.8%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
1-unit, detached	67.5%	40.9%
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%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Moapa Town	Sandy Valley
Poverty rate	18.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	43	37
Median year structure built	1989	1991