Carter Springs vs Topaz Lake

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

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

Carter Springs has the higher population (456 vs 306 in Topaz Lake). Topaz Lake has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $88,250 in Carter Springs). Topaz Lake has the higher median home value ($565,800 vs $350,000 in Carter Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
Population	456	306
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$98,750
Median home value	$350,000	$565,800
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,727
Housing units	217	149
Homeownership rate	71.9%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
Population	446 → 456 (+2.2%)	207 → 306 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $88,250 (+50.8%)	$51,250 → $98,750 (+92.7%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $350,000 (+107.3%)	$400,000 → $565,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,455 (+20.0%)	$1,200 → $1,727 (+43.9%)

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

Topaz Lake

Population

207306

Median household income

$51,250$98,750

Median home value

$400,000$565,800

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
Under 5	5.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	2.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	23.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.8%
75 and over	10.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	51.3%
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%	6.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
Drove alone	79.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
1-unit, detached	84.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Carter Springs	Topaz Lake
Poverty rate	6.6%	25.2%
Average household size	2.46	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	2004	1982