Golden Valley vs Lemmon Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Valley and Lemmon Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lemmon Valley has the higher population (4,385 vs 1,184 in Golden Valley). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($102,757 vs $91,132 in Lemmon Valley). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($514,700 vs $356,700 in Lemmon Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
Population	1,184	4,385
Median age	63.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,757	$91,132
Median home value	$514,700	$356,700
Housing units	586	1,828
Homeownership rate	98.7%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
Population	1,295 → 1,184 (-8.6%)	5,383 → 4,385 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$85,272 → $102,757 (+20.5%)	$67,120 → $91,132 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$347,200 → $514,700 (+48.2%)	$246,600 → $356,700 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,293 → $1,654 (+27.9%)

Golden Valley

Population

1,2951,184

Median household income

$85,272$102,757

Median home value

$347,200$514,700

Lemmon Valley

Population

5,3834,385

Median household income

$67,120$91,132

Median home value

$246,600$356,700

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
Under 5	6.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	3.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	22.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	27.4%	19.8%
75 and over	13.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	3.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
No high school diploma	10.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	16.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
Drove alone	88.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
1-unit, detached	88.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Golden Valley	Lemmon Valley
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1984	1978