Boulder City, Nevada
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.
14,884
people, the 10th-largest of Nevada's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Nevada's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
68.2%
of 4,184 jobs located in Boulder City are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 89% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,427
a month. Nevada's median is $1,597.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,493 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Clark County.
- $771 Tract 33.09
- $3,264 Tract 33.22
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$1,000–$1,501
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,427 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 275 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 1% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 84% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.6% to the 7,309 homes here.
14–42
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs about the same as Nevada's.
$435,600
median home value in Boulder City.
- $435,600 Boulder City
- $435,400 Nevada
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year