Moapa Town vs Searchlight

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

Moapa Town and Searchlight 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 329 in Searchlight). Moapa Town has the higher median home value ($324,800 vs $128,200 in Searchlight). Since 2019, Moapa Town's population has grown faster (+36.2% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
Population	967	329
Median age	54.4 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	—
Median home value	$324,800	$128,200
Median gross rent	$811	$475
Housing units	431	421
Homeownership rate	84.1%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
Population	710 → 967 (+36.2%)	318 → 329 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$63,220 → $63,750 (+0.8%)	$30,750 → $31,250 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $324,800 (+112.4%)	$97,200 → $128,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $811 (+19.6%)	$381 → $475 (+24.7%)

Moapa Town

Population

710967

Median household income

$63,220$63,750

Median home value

$152,900$324,800

Median gross rent

$678$811

Searchlight

Population

318329

Median household income

$30,750$31,250

Median home value

$97,200$128,200

Median gross rent

$381$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	1.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	4.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	24.9%
65 to 74	18.6%	20.7%
75 and over	9.3%	33.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
Drove alone	78.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	20.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
1-unit, detached	67.5%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	67.0%

Poverty & households

	Moapa Town	Searchlight
Poverty rate	18.1%	28.9%
Average household size	2.80	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	43	—
Median year structure built	1989	1986