Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety26#685/924
Economy32#626/925
Housing17#767/925
Health6#865/925
Healthcare3#893/923
Environment91#79/917
Education6#870/925
Infrastructure9#839/925
Community4#890/925
Leisure & amenities6#866/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pahrump, NV micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
96/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Job growth · high2.9%
96/100Nevada 2.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Median Air Quality Index · low26
93/100Nevada 572025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Average weekly wage · high$1,405
92/100Nevada $1,342United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · high1.2%
86/100Nevada 2.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
84/100Nevada 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low29.8%
0/100Nevada 91.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high41.3 /100k
1/100Nevada 20.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Dentists · low18 /100k
1/100Nevada 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
1/100Nevada 59 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · low13.4%
2/100Nevada 27.9%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Mammography screening · low30.0%
2/100Nevada 36.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
51,986 (2020) → 57,336 (2025)
+10%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 52% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−48 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
16.2% (2010 & 2021) → 29.8% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.8% (2015-2019) → 84.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Traffic deathsWorsening
23.4 /100k (2015-2019) → 34.5 /100k (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Primary care physiciansWorsening
32 /100k (2019) → 18 /100k (2022)
−43%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pahrump, NV micropolitan area improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Weekly wage+35%$1,042 → $1,405
Pharmacies+13%0.8 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Violent crime−33%357 /100k → 238 /100k
Broadband+11 points72.8% → 84.0%
Firearm deaths−12%34.6 /100k → 30.5 /100k

Declined9

Libraries−17%1.3 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Overdose deaths+72%25.0 /100k → 43.1 /100k
Price / income+1.3×3.5× → 4.8×
Inequality+0.0310.415 → 0.446
Traffic deaths+48%23.4 /100k → 34.5 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Pahrump, NV micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	−18%	Declined	7%
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	+3.1 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Average weekly wage	$1,0422020	$1,4052025	+35%	Improved	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	45%
Broadband subscriptions	72.8%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	73%
Child poverty rate	22.0%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Distance to an airport	60 mi2020	60 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	76%
Drug overdose deaths	25.0 /100k2020	43.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+72%	Declined	5%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	46%
Firearm deaths	34.6 /100k2020	30.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−12%	Improved	69%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−9.3%	Declined	25%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−40%	Declined	7%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	5%
Homicide rate	5.3 /100k2020	5.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.8%	Little change	26%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,7252019	$50,4762024	+27%	Improved	16%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4152015-2019	0.4462020-2024	+0.031	Declined	6%
Median household income	$47,3002015-2019	$60,7142020-2024	+28%	Improved	56%
New business applications	7.8 /1k2020	10.4 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	30%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	16.4%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Property crime rate	1,440 /100k2020	998 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	43%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−17%	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent-burdened households	43.8%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Restaurants and bars	6.3 /10k2020	5.6 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	9%
Suicide rate	40.4 /100k2020	41.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.2%	Little change	56%
Traffic deaths	23.4 /100k2015-2019	34.5 /100k2020-2024	+48%	Declined	7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2020	6.6%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.7%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Violent crime rate	357 /100k2020	238 /100k2025	−33%	Improved	79%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Pahrump, NV micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pahrump, NV micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pahrump, NV micropolitan area itself moved −6.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

54,344 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

22,175 households (±438)

Pahrump, NV micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%3,866
$25k–50k25%5,539
$50k–75k17%3,850

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

22,175 households (±438)

Pahrump, NV micropolitan area
United States share

Own78%17,250
Rent22%4,925

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

17,658 workers (±780)

Pahrump, NV micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone73%12,854
Carpool9.8%1,735
Public transit1.2%†207

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Pahrump, NV micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Pahrump, NV has 862 employer establishments, 154 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248), with 10,673 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,701. The Census Bureau also counts 3,300 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 862; 3,300 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 154; US 248
Paid employees: 10,673
Average annual pay: $59,701; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pahrump, NV by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	89	15.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	574	$77,373	137
Specialty trade contractors	68	12.2	0.79×Fewer than typical	407	$42,767	137
Restaurants and other eating places	64	11.4	0.62×Fewer than typical	791	$19,432	18
Lessors of real estate	54	9.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	80	$46,363	286
Limited-service restaurants	33	5.9	0.74×Fewer than typical	463	$19,283	6
Real estate agents and brokers	33	5.9	1.21×About typical	37	$49,973	115
Gasoline stations	32	5.7	1.77×More than typical	288	$29,892	—
Offices of other health practitioners	32	5.7	0.94×About typical	127	$35,016	49
Building equipment contractors	30	5.4	0.89×About typical	164	$49,860	25
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	5.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	98	$30,122	243
Offices of physicians	23	4.1	0.64×Fewer than typical	209	$120,675	11
Truck transportation	23	4.1	0.81×About typical	58	$39,379	101

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 55,914 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $43.8M on contracts performed in Pahrump, NV micropolitan area: $763 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $43.8M; +116% vs FY2025
Per resident: $763; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$27.9M64%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$9.4M21%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.3M5.2%
Department of the Air Force$2.1M4.9%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.4M3.2%
Forest Service$487K1.1%
Bureau of Land Management$219K0.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$60.4K0.1%

Top recipients

AMRIZE SOUTHWEST INC$27.9M64%
DOFINE SPRINKLER REBUILDERS INC$9.3M21%
INSIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC.$2.1M4.9%
CONNECTORS PLUS LLC$2M4.5%
PUYENPA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$1.2M2.8%

Spending by fiscal year

5.5MFY2017
9.6MFY2018
5MFY2019
3.1MFY2020
6.3MFY2021
1.5MFY2022
9.3MFY2023
20.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$28.4M65%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$9.3M21%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.4M5.4%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.2M2.7%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$633.3K1.4%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364

Largest awards

NV FLAP NYE 10(1) BOB RUUD MEM HWY & BELL VISTA AVE: ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT$27.9M
AMRIZE SOUTHWEST INC· Nye County, NV· Construction & real property· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 6982AF26C000024
ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF ELECTRIC POWER TO THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE FOR NEVADA SITE OFFICE - NSO.$13.1M
VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC· Nye County, NV· Facilities & utilities· Jan 17, 2017 – Feb 11, 2026· DENA0001919
TANK REPAIRS AT TONOPAH AUXILIARY AIRFIELD, NV$12.8M
INSIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Nye County, NV· Construction & real property· Nov 21, 2022 – Apr 10, 2026· FA890323F0014

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $508.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pahrump, NV micropolitan area: $8,868 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $508.5M; −4.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,868; US $12,955
Loan face value: $31M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$331.9M65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$78.3M15%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$41M8.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$25.7M5.1%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$14.5M2.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.8M1.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$5.6M1.1%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$2.1M0.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE$3.1M0.6%
DUCKWATER, NV
NYE COUNTY$2.3M0.5%
TONOPAH, NV
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEVADA$1.3M0.3%
CARSON CITY, NV
DESERT PROPERTIES$385.9K0.1%
CARSON CITY, NV
RAILROAD VALLEY TRUCKING LLC$300K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$408.4M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$86.7M17%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$2.8M0.6%
Department of the Interior
Railroad Retirement Board$2.1M0.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$2M

Assistance by fiscal year

425.2MFY2021
512.2MFY2022
471.2MFY2023
497.4MFY2024
531.8MFY2025
508.5MFY2026

County aggregates

98%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Pahrump, NV

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Nye CountyCentral county757,336

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

PahrumpPrincipal city47,347

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Nevada

Areas based in Nevada, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Pahrump, NV micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Pahrump, NV

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Nevada

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined9

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought