Amargosa Valley vs Tonopah

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

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

Tonopah has the higher population (1,938 vs 1,408 in Amargosa Valley). Amargosa Valley has the higher median household income ($55,573 vs $37,922 in Tonopah). Since 2019, Amargosa Valley's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
Population	1,408	1,938
Median age	34.5 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,573	$37,922
Median home value	—	$182,000
Median gross rent	$780	$845
Housing units	490	1,316
Homeownership rate	73.9%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
Population	1,232 → 1,408 (+14.3%)	2,009 → 1,938 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$60,677 → $55,573 (-8.4%)	$36,429 → $37,922 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $107,500 (-7.2%)	$102,400 → $182,000 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $780 (+0.4%)	$666 → $845 (+26.9%)

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

Tonopah

Population

2,0091,938

Median household income

$36,429$37,922

Median home value

$102,400$182,000

Median gross rent

$666$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.7%	2.6%
18 to 24	14.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	35.1%
75 and over	7.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	72.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
No high school diploma	11.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
Drove alone	95.3%	39.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	32.0%
Public transit	0.0%	15.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
1-unit, detached	15.3%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	84.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Amargosa Valley	Tonopah
Poverty rate	30.7%	19.7%
Average household size	3.18	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1996	1982