Paradise vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Paradise and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (219,913 vs 186,178 in Paradise). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($72,364 vs $58,874 in Paradise). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($407,900 vs $358,400 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise	Spring Valley
Population	186,178	219,913
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,874	$72,364
Median home value	$358,400	$407,900
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,642
Housing units	95,244	94,377
Homeownership rate	41.2%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise	Spring Valley
Population	235,087 → 186,178 (-20.8%)	207,127 → 219,913 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$48,312 → $58,874 (+21.9%)	$58,388 → $72,364 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$239,400 → $358,400 (+49.7%)	$262,000 → $407,900 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,287 (+31.6%)	$1,191 → $1,642 (+37.9%)

Paradise

Population

235,087186,178

Median household income

$48,312$58,874

Median home value

$239,400$358,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,287

Spring Valley

Population

207,127219,913

Median household income

$58,388$72,364

Median home value

$262,000$407,900

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise	Spring Valley
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.8%
75 and over	6.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	36.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	11.1%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.7%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise	Spring Valley
Drove alone	67.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.5%
Public transit	5.8%	1.6%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.4%
Other means	2.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	33.5%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	17.0%
20 or more units	31.2%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Paradise	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1987	1998