Summerlin South vs Whitney

A side-by-side comparison of Summerlin South and Whitney: population, income, housing, and more.

Summerlin South and Whitney are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitney has the higher population (46,268 vs 30,075 in Summerlin South). Summerlin South has the higher median household income ($113,301 vs $63,480 in Whitney). Summerlin South has the higher median home value ($641,600 vs $299,700 in Whitney).

Population, income & housing

	Summerlin South	Whitney
Population	30,075	46,268
Median age	47.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,301	$63,480
Median home value	$641,600	$299,700
Median gross rent	$2,400	$1,477
Housing units	14,222	18,425
Homeownership rate	72.1%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summerlin South	Whitney
Population	27,908 → 30,075 (+7.8%)	42,973 → 46,268 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$93,899 → $113,301 (+20.7%)	$49,699 → $63,480 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$426,400 → $641,600 (+50.5%)	$183,500 → $299,700 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,800 → $2,400 (+33.3%)	$1,117 → $1,477 (+32.2%)

Summerlin South

Population

27,90830,075

Median household income

$93,899$113,301

Median home value

$426,400$641,600

Median gross rent

$1,800$2,400

Whitney

Population

42,97346,268

Median household income

$49,699$63,480

Median home value

$183,500$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summerlin South	Whitney
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.2%
75 and over	12.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summerlin South	Whitney
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	26.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.1%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	40.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summerlin South	Whitney
No high school diploma	4.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	16.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summerlin South	Whitney
Drove alone	70.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.4%	6.2%
Other means	3.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summerlin South	Whitney
1-unit, detached	77.1%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	15.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Summerlin South	Whitney
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	2006	2002