Carter Springs vs Fish Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Carter Springs and Fish Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Carter Springs and Fish Springs are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fish Springs has the higher population (622 vs 456 in Carter Springs). Fish Springs has the higher median household income ($102,969 vs $88,250 in Carter Springs). Fish Springs has the higher median home value ($653,200 vs $350,000 in Carter Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
Population	456	622
Median age	45.3 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$102,969
Median home value	$350,000	$653,200
Median gross rent	$1,455	$2,017
Housing units	217	269
Homeownership rate	71.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
Population	446 → 456 (+2.2%)	564 → 622 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $88,250 (+50.8%)	$103,750 → $102,969 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $350,000 (+107.3%)	$464,900 → $653,200 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,455 (+20.0%)	$1,733 → $2,017 (+16.4%)

Carter Springs

Population

446456

Median household income

$58,523$88,250

Median home value

$168,800$350,000

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,455

Fish Springs

Population

564622

Median household income

$103,750$102,969

Median home value

$464,900$653,200

Median gross rent

$1,733$2,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
Under 5	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	7.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	4.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	19.1%
75 and over	10.1%	27.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
Drove alone	79.3%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
1-unit, detached	84.8%	99.3%
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	15.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carter Springs	Fish Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	2004	1996