Carlin vs Owyhee

A side-by-side comparison of Carlin and Owyhee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlin has the higher population (2,164 vs 760 in Owyhee). Carlin has the higher median household income ($62,232 vs $59,338 in Owyhee). Carlin has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $66,800 in Owyhee).

Population, income & housing

	Carlin	Owyhee
Population	2,164	760
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,232	$59,338
Median home value	$195,000	$66,800
Median gross rent	$1,211	$518
Housing units	969	331
Homeownership rate	63.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlin	Owyhee
Population	2,025 → 2,164 (+6.9%)	1,135 → 760 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $62,232 (-21.2%)	$36,563 → $59,338 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $195,000 (+39.9%)	$51,000 → $66,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,211 (+20.4%)	$425 → $518 (+21.9%)

Carlin

Population

2,0252,164

Median household income

$78,929$62,232

Median home value

$139,400$195,000

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,211

Owyhee

Population

1,135760

Median household income

$36,563$59,338

Median home value

$51,000$66,800

Median gross rent

$425$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlin	Owyhee
Under 5	10.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	25.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.7%
75 and over	3.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlin	Owyhee
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	4.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	68.7%
Asian	3.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	8.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlin	Owyhee
No high school diploma	9.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlin	Owyhee
Drove alone	72.4%	65.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	24.9%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlin	Owyhee
1-unit, detached	53.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlin	Owyhee
Poverty rate	6.1%	26.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1980	1981