Golden Valley vs Nixon

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

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

Golden Valley has the higher population (1,184 vs 313 in Nixon). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($102,757 vs $70,148 in Nixon). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($514,700 vs $55,000 in Nixon).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Valley	Nixon
Population	1,184	313
Median age	63.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,757	$70,148
Median home value	$514,700	$55,000
Median gross rent	—	$550
Housing units	586	163
Homeownership rate	98.7%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	40.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Valley	Nixon
Population	1,295 → 1,184 (-8.6%)	231 → 313 (+35.5%)
Median household income	$85,272 → $102,757 (+20.5%)	$30,000 → $70,148 (+133.8%)
Median home value	$347,200 → $514,700 (+48.2%)	$80,500 → $55,000 (-31.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$363 → $550 (+51.5%)

Golden Valley

Population

1,2951,184

Median household income

$85,272$102,757

Median home value

$347,200$514,700

Nixon

Population

231313

Median household income

$30,000$70,148

Median home value

$80,500$55,000

Median gross rent

$363$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Valley	Nixon
Under 5	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	20.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	2.6%
55 to 64	22.9%	5.1%
65 to 74	27.4%	23.0%
75 and over	13.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Valley	Nixon
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	3.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	66.8%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Valley	Nixon
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Valley	Nixon
Drove alone	88.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Valley	Nixon
1-unit, detached	88.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Golden Valley	Nixon
Poverty rate	9.4%	47.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1984	1982