Laughlin is a somewhat small town located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 8,658 people and three associated neighborhoods, Laughlin is the 17th largest community in Nevada.
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!) Laughlin 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. Laughlin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Laughlin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Laughlin may be for you.
One of the benefits of Laughlin is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.81 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
For a small town, Laughlin has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Laughlin exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The education level of Laughlin citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.09% of adults 25 and older in Laughlin have a college degree.
The per capita income in Laughlin in 2022 was $31,711, 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 $126,844 for a family of four. However, Laughlin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Laughlin is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Laughlin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laughlin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Laughlin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.37% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Laughlin include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Laughlin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.