Mount Charleston vs Nelson

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

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

Mount Charleston has the higher population (518 vs 29 in Nelson). Mount Charleston has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $48,750 in Nelson). Since 2019, Mount Charleston's population has grown faster (+40.4% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
Population	518	29
Median age	54.4 yrs	68.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$48,750
Median home value	$630,000	—
Housing units	354	58
Homeownership rate	88.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
Population	369 → 518 (+40.4%)	34 → 29 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)	$39,464 → $48,750 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,071 (-0.4%)	—

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

Nelson

Population

3429

Median household income

$39,464$48,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.7%	44.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	27.6%
75 and over	9.7%	27.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
Drove alone	71.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Charleston	Nelson
Poverty rate	3.1%	27.6%
Average household size	2.50	—
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1971	1980