Mount Charleston vs Sandy Valley

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

Mount Charleston 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 518 in Mount Charleston). Mount Charleston has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $54,556 in Sandy Valley). Mount Charleston has the higher median home value ($630,000 vs $218,500 in Sandy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
Population	518	1,752
Median age	54.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$54,556
Median home value	$630,000	$218,500
Housing units	354	1,062
Homeownership rate	88.3%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
Population	369 → 518 (+40.4%)	1,727 → 1,752 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)	$60,028 → $54,556 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)	$157,400 → $218,500 (+38.8%)
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

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)

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
Under 5	2.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	7.9%
18 to 24	0.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	23.7%	26.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	25.7%
75 and over	9.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	16.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
Drove alone	71.4%	67.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	40.9%
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%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Charleston	Sandy Valley
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1971	1991