Editing Searchlight, Nevada (section)

==Demographics==

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Census.gov |url=https://www.census.gov/en.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Census.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref> of 2020, there were 445 people, 229 households, and 99 families residing in the CDP.{{US Census population
|2000= 576
|2020= 445
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

=== 2000 census ===
[[File:Searchlight NV minehead.jpg|thumb|Old mine headframe south of Searchlight]]

At the 2000 census of 2000, there were 576 people, 315 households and 136 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|44.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 444 housing units at an average density of {{convert|34.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial make-up of the CDP was 95.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.7% of the population.

There are 315 households, of which 8.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 56.8% were non-families. 48.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.76 and the average family size was 2.46.

10.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 35.8% from 45 to 64 and 31.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 125.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 131.3 males.

The [[median household income]] was $24,407 and the median family income was $29,323. Males had a median income of $26,563 and females $27,868. The [[per capita income]] was $19,606. None of the household families were living below the [[poverty line]], with just 14.6% of the population comprising that, including no one under age 18 and none of those over 64.