Mount Charleston vs Searchlight

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

Mount Charleston and Searchlight 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 329 in Searchlight). Mount Charleston has the higher median home value ($630,000 vs $128,200 in Searchlight). Since 2019, Mount Charleston's population has grown faster (+40.4% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
Population	518	329
Median age	54.4 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	—
Median home value	$630,000	$128,200
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	354	421
Homeownership rate	88.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
Population	369 → 518 (+40.4%)	318 → 329 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$69,712 → $111,250 (+59.6%)	$30,750 → $31,250 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$446,900 → $630,000 (+41.0%)	$97,200 → $128,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,071 (-0.4%)	$381 → $475 (+24.7%)

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

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)

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	1.2%
18 to 24	0.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	5.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	4.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	23.7%	24.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	20.7%
75 and over	9.7%	33.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	83.9%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	16.9%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
Drove alone	71.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.8%
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	Searchlight
1-unit, detached	100.0%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	67.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Charleston	Searchlight
Poverty rate	3.1%	28.9%
Average household size	2.50	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1971	1986