89061 — Pahrump, Nevada
Area Profile
Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 89061. Its median household income runs 26% above Pahrump as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.
Missing required signal: growth. AreaProfile withholds a score rather than inferring the missing dimensions.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 11 sourcesUnemployment is 6.5% and median household income $77,991, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Pahrump, NV, which contains 89061, rather than for 89061 alone.
In the public schools here, 40% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 17.4 students for every teacher.
Rent takes 30% of renter income here, at the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 4.4 times what its owners earn.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment across Pahrump, NV, which contains 89061, is 6.5% — higher than in all but 5% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.
Employment across Pahrump, NV, which contains 89061, grew 2.8% over the past year, to 17,984 employed residents.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsNye County, NV’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $63,613 | 41st percentileof 2,996 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftNye County, NV’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $57,435 | 26th percentileof 2,996 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$17,2422024 ACS 5-Year | $77,991 | Top 40%of 31,049 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$4,5122024 ACS 5-Year | $40,989 | Top 36%of 32,822 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 3.3% | Top 12%of 32,846 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±5.9 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 38.0 min | Bottom 11%of 32,887 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 14.9% | Bottom 25%of 33,193 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year | 76.1% | 51st percentileof 32,798 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentPahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | 17,984 | Bottom 16%of 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)Pahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | +1.6% | Top 28%of 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)Pahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | +2.8% | Top 5%of 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Labor forcePahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | 19,227 | 16th percentileof 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year | 61.3% | Bottom 11%of 32,883 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Public transit to work ±0.6%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.4% | 70th percentileof 32,798 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)Pahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | −0.5% | Top 25%of 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment ratePahrump, NV’s figureJuly 2026 | 6.5% | Bottom 5%of 3,127 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 8.6% | 44th percentileof 32,798 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Median household income, successive ACS releases
The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Pahrump, NV, the city containing this ZIP code.
40% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 43% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 17.4 students for every full-time teacher across 2 public schools, more than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Elementary School | Nye | 578 | 18.1 | 43% | 44% |
| Hafen Elementary School | Nye | 413 | 16.5 | 37% | 42% |
100.0% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Nevada’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Nevada is up 37% over five years, and up 4.7% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,791 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.51% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,220, below the $1,821 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,220 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $48,800 a year, about 63% of the median household income here of $77,991.
The typical renter household here spends 30% of its income on rent, at the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,821 a month.
A median home at $351,900 costs 4.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $79,196, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
The figures above are measured against 89061’s median household income of $77,991, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Nevada’s figure2026 Q2 | +4.7% | 76th percentileof 3,071 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Nevada’s figure2026 Q2 | +36.5% | 30th percentileof 3,071 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Nevada’s figure2026 Q2 | +106.5% | 66th percentileof 3,071 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price to income ±0.92024 ACS 5-Year | 4.4 | Bottom 13%of 29,275 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 89.1% | 79th percentileof 32,750 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±3412024 ACS 5-Year | 4,034 | 69th percentileof 33,460 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $1,000 | Top 30%of 3,031 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $1,690 | Top 36%of 3,031 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $1,220 | Top 29%of 3,031 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$1312024 ACS 5-Year | $1,821 | Bottom 12%of 26,396 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$10,8622024 ACS 5-Year | $351,900 | 74th percentileof 30,812 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$3852024 ACS 5-Year | $1,791 | 45th percentileof 28,935 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$16,5162024 ACS 5-Year | $79,196 | Bottom 45%of 29,802 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.11%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.51% | 14th percentileof 24,099 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±25%2024 ACS 5-Year | 30.2% | Bottom 39%of 26,247 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±2352024 ACS 5-Year | 339 | 91st percentileof 33,772 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 8.4% | 79th percentileof 32,961 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 4.8% | 35th percentileof 32,788 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±2852024 ACS 5-Year | 532 | 75th percentileof 33,772 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Clark County, NV 1,614 people · 45% of arrivals
- Los Angeles County, CA 103 people · 2.9% of arrivals
- San Bernardino County, CA 62 people · 1.7% of arrivals
- San Diego County, CA 61 people · 1.7% of arrivals
- Riverside County, CA 56 people · 1.6% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Clark County, NV 843 people · 30% of departures
- Elko County, NV 62 people · 2.2% of departures
- Mohave County, AZ 55 people · 2.0% of departures
- Maricopa County, AZ 49 people · 1.8% of departures
- Washoe County, NV 48 people · 1.7% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Nye County, NV. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.
Weather & climate
5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 101°F and January a low of 33°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 5.2 inches.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| 90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year | 52 | 2024 calendar year |
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 5.2" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals | 1.0" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 33°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 101°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 5 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year | 3 | 2024 calendar year |
| Median air quality index2024 calendar year | 31 | 2024 calendar year |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 42°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Air quality
A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, heat wave and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 55% of it.
Low or minimal exposure: lightning, avalanche, winter weather, landslide, drought, volcanic activity, strong wind, cold wave, hail, tornado, tsunami, ice storm, coastal flooding, hurricane.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 89061 (Nye County) rather than 89061 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. This profile has no Area Score, and that is because of a missing input above rather than anything on this list; the rule is on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Pahrump carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Building activity
- No permit-issuing jurisdiction reports separately for this place, so the Building Permits Survey has nothing to publish for it.
- Cost of living
- Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Harry Reid Intl at 42 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 89.3% | Top 50%of 32,663 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 42 mi | Bottom 18%of 3,127 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 2 | Bottom 9%of 3,127 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 6.6% | Top 43%of 32,663 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Reid Intl | LAS | 42 mi | 14,835 ft |
| Laughlin/Bullhead Intl | IFP | 99 mi | 8,501 ft |
| Lake Havasu City | HII | 135 mi | 8,000 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Climate | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System Daily Air Quality Index by county | 2024 calendar year |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.
89061 vs Pahrump
How this ZIP area compares with Pahrump as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.
Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.