Elevation: 2690 feet

County: Nye

Land area: 297.9 square miles

Zip codes: 89048.

Median resident age: 45.1 years
Median household income: $34,860 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,500 (year 2000)

Races in Pahrump:

Ancestries: German (23.2%), Irish (18.5%), English (15.0%), United States (7.8%), Italian (6.1%), French (5.2%).

For population 25 years and over in Pahrump

• High school or higher: 78.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.0%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
• Unemployed: 7.2%
• Mean travel time to work: 32.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pahrump CDP

• Never married: 14.6%
• Now married: 62.5%
• Separated: 2.2%
• Widowed: 8.3%
• Divorced: 12.4%

5.1% Foreign born (2.7% Latin America, 1.4% Europe, 0.6% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spring Valley, NV (52.8 miles, pop. 117,390).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (54.3 miles, pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (218.9 miles, pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Mount Charleston, NV (26.1 miles), Indian Springs, NV (34.1 miles), Sandy Valley, NV (36.1 miles), Blue Diamond, NV (43.3 miles), Summerlin South, NV (47.0 miles), Goodsprings, NV (47.5 miles), Spring Valley, NV (52.8 miles), Las Vegas, NV (54.3 miles).

Area code: 775

Industries providing employment: Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (18.4%), Construction (14.8%), Educational,health and social services (12.5%), Retail trade (11.2%).