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Moapa Valley, Nevada.

A community in Clark County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Clark County’s.

Living in Moapa Valley, Clark County, Nevada

Moapa Valley, in Clark County, had 6,289 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $89,250 a year and half less, against $76,472 across Clark County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Clark County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.

People 6,289 in the 2020 census; median age 35.6
Household income $89,250 the median, give or take $17,969 · Clark County: $76,472
Unemployment 4.8% Clark County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented
  • 2,190households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 38 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Government14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Building trades11%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clark County had 1,142,466 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 60° and 32°; warmest in July, 109° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 109° 75° A S O N D 60° 32°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 60° and 32°; warmest in July, 109° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 109° 75° A S O N D 60° 32°

Coldest in December, with highs near 60° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 109° and lows near 75°. About 6 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Overton weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Clark County

  1. Clark County SchoolsSchool district34,590FTE
  2. Fontainebleau Las VegasCasino hotels7,924
  3. Caesars Palace7,352
  4. MGM Resorts InternationalCasino hotels6,107
  5. MGM Resorts InternationalCasino hotels5,978
  6. Clark County5,922
  7. University of Nevada-Las VegasUniversity or college5,904
  8. Southwest AirlinesScheduled passenger air transportation5,187

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,598 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 362,676 people in all across the county; Moapa Valley has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Moapa Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clark County.