It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pahrump has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pahrump has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pahrump than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pahrump may be for you.
The percentage of people in Pahrump with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.77% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pahrump in 2022 was $30,801, which is lower middle income relative to Nevada, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,204 for a family of four. However, Pahrump contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pahrump is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pahrump home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pahrump residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pahrump also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.83% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pahrump include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Pahrump is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
