Carlin vs Spring Creek

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

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

Spring Creek has the higher population (14,967 vs 2,164 in Carlin). Spring Creek has the higher median household income ($104,381 vs $62,232 in Carlin). Spring Creek has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $195,000 in Carlin).

Population, income & housing

	Carlin	Spring Creek
Population	2,164	14,967
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,232	$104,381
Median home value	$195,000	$318,200
Median gross rent	$1,211	$1,391
Housing units	969	5,133
Homeownership rate	63.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlin	Spring Creek
Population	2,025 → 2,164 (+6.9%)	13,671 → 14,967 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $62,232 (-21.2%)	$99,854 → $104,381 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $195,000 (+39.9%)	$232,900 → $318,200 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,211 (+20.4%)	$1,289 → $1,391 (+7.9%)

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

Spring Creek

Population

13,67114,967

Median household income

$99,854$104,381

Median home value

$232,900$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlin	Spring Creek
Under 5	10.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.8%
75 and over	3.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlin	Spring Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlin	Spring Creek
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlin	Spring Creek
Drove alone	72.4%	57.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	13.8%
Public transit	6.1%	16.7%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlin	Spring Creek
1-unit, detached	53.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Carlin	Spring Creek
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.64	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	42
Median year structure built	1980	1996