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47,347people live here $62,109median household income▼ 23% below US $1,304median rent per monthNear US average $310,300median home valueNear US average

Pahrump is an unincorporated community in Nye County, NV. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Pahrump

Pahrump is an unincorporated community in Nevada with air quality that stays clean most of the year. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Pahrump deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and college degree attainment below the national average.

The good

Clean air

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Above-average commute times
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
Very hot summers

How Pahrump compares

Median household income

Pahrump$62,109

Nevada avg$78,260

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Pahrump$1,304

Nevada avg$1,597

US$1,413

Median home value

Pahrump$310,300

Nevada avg$435,400

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Pahrump

Based on Pahrump's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,608

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $52,160 a year
49% of Pahrump renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$62,060

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $31,030
Homes cost 5.0× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,304/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,304 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $310,300. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $310,300 · 49% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

6.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in Nye County is 6.6%, well above the national average of 4.3%. Moving with a job already lined up matters more here. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Nye County (county-wide)

Safety

238 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Pahrump doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Nye County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1021/100k · Policed by Nye County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 15% above US

30 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.8 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 12% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

73%

Work from home

12%

Carpool

9.5%

Other

3.4%

Walk

1.7%

Public transit

0.1%

Climate

Summers run seriously hot, with average highs pushing 99°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 29°F and snow a regular occurrence. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Healthcare

1 hospital

There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 2.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.

Medicare-certified hospitals

Education & workforce▼ 63% below US

13% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

11 public schools inside the boundary

There are 11 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 22:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument (39 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Pahrump's strongest point is air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,304/mo) equals 25% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up, anyone who doesn't drive, and people who struggle with heat.

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