Amargosa Valley vs Pahrump

A side-by-side comparison of Amargosa Valley and Pahrump: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pahrump has the higher population (45,811 vs 1,408 in Amargosa Valley). Pahrump has the higher median household income ($58,560 vs $55,573 in Amargosa Valley). Since 2019, Pahrump's population has grown faster (+22.8% vs +14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
Population	1,408	45,811
Median age	34.5 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,573	$58,560
Median home value	—	$283,400
Median gross rent	$780	$1,152
Housing units	490	21,064
Homeownership rate	73.9%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
Population	1,232 → 1,408 (+14.3%)	37,298 → 45,811 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$60,677 → $55,573 (-8.4%)	$47,535 → $58,560 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $107,500 (-7.2%)	$173,900 → $283,400 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $780 (+0.4%)	$894 → $1,152 (+28.9%)

Amargosa Valley

Population

1,2321,408

Median household income

$60,677$55,573

Median home value

$115,900$107,500

Median gross rent

$777$780

Pahrump

Population

37,29845,811

Median household income

$47,535$58,560

Median home value

$173,900$283,400

Median gross rent

$894$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
Under 5	3.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	29.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.6%
75 and over	7.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	70.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	16.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
No high school diploma	11.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
Drove alone	95.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
1-unit, detached	15.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	84.7%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Amargosa Valley	Pahrump
Poverty rate	30.7%	14.9%
Average household size	3.18	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1996	1999