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Pahrump, NV

47,347 Population
328.8 square miles 144 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 52.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Nevada: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,167 ±$2,067 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: $34,261 ±$1,906
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nevada: $41,354 ±$333
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,109 ±$6,553 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: $60,714 † ±$7,415
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nevada: $78,260 ±$596
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±2.2% (6,342  ±1,020) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 14.1% † 7,487 (±2.2% / ±1,155)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 12.4% 390,669 (±0.3% / ±7,932)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±2 (390,745  ±39,218) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 29 456,455 (±1.7 / ±37,177)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,117 ±589 Number of households
  • the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 22,175 ±438
  • Nevada: 1,202,593 ±3,427
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (46,470  ±887) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 2.4 53,189 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,148,260
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.7% (436  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 6.3% † 547 (±2.9% / ±250)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nevada: 5% 37,205 (±0.2% / ±1,475)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,279 ±451 Number of housing units
  • the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 25,289 ±35
  • Nevada: 1,326,471 ±610
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$310,300 ±$10,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: $290,900 ±$12,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nevada: $435,400 ±$1,611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±2% (6,578  ±943.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 13.1% † 7,072 (±1.8% / ±962)
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 14.2% 448,121 (±0.3% / ±8,983.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±3.5% (32,335  ±1,434.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 87.2% 36,993 (±3.7% / ±1,589.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 87.5% 1,957,058 (±0.5% / ±11,272.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.4% ±1.7% (4,985  ±622.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 13.4% † 5,663 (±1.6% / ±660.3)
  • about half the rate in Nevada: 27.9% 623,877 (±0.3% / ±6,338.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8% ±1% (3,787  ±472) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 8.1% 4,424
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 609,066
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.8% ±1.4% (6,271  ±547) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pahrump, NV Micro Area: 15% 6,813 (±1.3% / ±599)
  • about double the rate in Nevada: 7.9% 196,013 (±0.2% / ±3,615)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,271 Total veterans ±547 5,692 Male ±505 579 Female ±248

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