Beatty vs Pahrump

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

Beatty 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 637 in Beatty). Pahrump has the higher median home value ($283,400 vs $154,100 in Beatty). Since 2019, Pahrump's population has grown faster (+22.8% vs -20.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Beatty	Pahrump
Population	637	45,811
Median age	62.3 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,560
Median home value	$154,100	$283,400
Median gross rent	$842	$1,152
Housing units	452	21,064
Homeownership rate	63.2%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatty	Pahrump
Population	804 → 637 (-20.8%)	37,298 → 45,811 (+22.8%)
Median household income	—	$47,535 → $58,560 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $154,100 (+105.5%)	$173,900 → $283,400 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $842 (+35.4%)	$894 → $1,152 (+28.9%)

Beatty

Population

804637

Median home value

$75,000$154,100

Median gross rent

$622$842

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)

	Beatty	Pahrump
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	36.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	39.1%	18.6%
75 and over	7.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatty	Pahrump
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	70.2%
Black or African American	6.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatty	Pahrump
No high school diploma	30.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatty	Pahrump
Drove alone	38.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	53.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatty	Pahrump
1-unit, detached	39.8%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Beatty	Pahrump
Poverty rate	7.8%	14.9%
Average household size	1.60	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1983	1999