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Why Do People Move To Las Vegas?

There are over 5000 people a month relocating to Las Vegas from around the country. What makes Las Vegas a good place to live? Everyone has their own reasons, and after 30+ years of living here, I couldn’t live anywhere else. I’d be bored.

Tourists think of the city as only the Las Vegas Strip. In reality, the Strip is only one street in the middle of 600 square miles of city. TV sensationalizes the city because it’s so popular and identifiable with a “different” reputation. You’ve heard all of the iconic nicknames and slogans because no city markets itself better.

I like to think of The Strip as my state income tax. It’s also an excellent place for a date night, spending holidays, celebrating birthdays, and entertaining friends. I don’t live on the Strip; I live in a beautiful community in a good-looking city with great weather and minimal traffic.

Family, Fun, and Business

For many people, Las Vegas is none of those nicknames. It’s where family and friends live. It’s also a home base, snowbird destination, and a place of employment. Most residents sleep in a house, go to work and school, and enjoy their lives, while tourists enjoy the crowds.

As locals, we take advantage of hotel entertainment and dinner specials. Durango Station has $7 hamburger meals, $3 beers, and $3 shots on its large marquee. The problem in 2026 is that everything else seems expensive. $300-$400 hotel rooms mid-week?

We enjoy visiting entertainment and games when we want to. There is 3 hours of free parking on the Strip with NV ID, although some venues exclude “special events.” MGM properties have a magic parking pass. (ask). Have you seen the Aces WNBA team play? Best valued entertainment in the city!

Who Is Moving To Las Vegas?

Doing the Urban Sprawl, over 2 million residents now live in the Las Vegas Valley. For the last 2-3 decades, most years saw over 5000 people a month relocate to the valley.

Most new residents are from California, based on the number of out-of-state driver’s licenses surrendered at DMV. In 2020, Nevada received 69,000 new residents who turned in their driver’s licenses from other states.

DMV stats insinuate the top 5 states where people moved to Clark County from are:

• California 40%
• Florida 5.0%
• Texas 4%
• Arizona 4%
• Washington 4%
• Other States 42%
• Other Countries N/A

What’s So Great About Living In Southern Nevada?

Most Southern Californians like that Southern Nevada is only a 4-hour drive back to family and friends. Others like that family and friends come to visit on affordable flights. The sky is blue with over 310 days a year of sunshine.

Most of the city is clean and looks pretty and modern. The city takes pride in its appearance. A lack of traffic is another way to enjoy life. Roads and freeways have fabulous hard-scape artistic landscaping. Busy streets and highways use a 30-year growth plan for alterations. Streets are wide, which reduces traffic during off-peak hours.

There are Las Vegas homes and estates for sale in beautiful subdivisions everywhere. With over 150 new-construction neighborhoods and about 650 floor plans currently being built, you have choices. The best thing about living in Southern Nevada, in my opinion? The entire Las Vegas metropolitan area offers a comfortable lifestyle, while the Strip provides additional entertainment. There are great people, entertainment, opportunities, schools, special events, dining, and more within a few miles of home.

Taxes In Las Vegas, Nevada

Nevada has no State Income Tax. There are minimal business taxes and no inheritance tax after 3 years of residency.

Retirees move to Las Vegas and get immediate relief from their income tax. They know that in 3 years, their family will enjoy the benefits of no state inheritance tax, and they live fun, entertainment-filled lives.

For more specific tax information, see our Las Vegas Tax Info page.

Retirement Is Fun

People are into having a fun retirement. Others are enjoying an active outdoor lifestyle.

People smile and are friendly, and jobs are plentiful. Broken up into different areas, the city feels like a small city with big-name entertainment.

Economically, living here makes sense. The cost of living is low, there are abundant jobs, and the tax structure favors residents. As an added benefit, airfares to just about everywhere are low.

Besides sun and fun, there’s always something to do no matter what your lifestyle is about! For most people who live in Las Vegas, crime is low, it’s a fresh start, and people want to meet other people.

Benefits Of Las Vegas’ State Income Tax

Las Vegas, NV houses for sale are known for being affordable. However, the best part of living in the state could possibly be the wonderful Nevada Tax Benefits!

Having no state tax forms and never paying any state income tax is pretty nice. We spend that 10%+ savings on travel and entertainment. What would you spend it on?

Most residents see the valley as a great place to raise a family. Schools are newer and utilize the latest technology. Parks and recreational options are everywhere, and you can choose any hobby and find a place to do it. There is a small-town feel – it only takes about 30 minutes to drive from one side of the valley to the other.

The Las Vegas metropolitan area rarely has snow, has minimal traffic, world-class shopping and dining, and the best airfares in the country. For hot or cold weather, we use valet parking (off the Strip) and AC/Heat. Our house is 77 degrees all summer.

With 4″ of rain a year, we don’t need umbrellas. We wear coats so infrequently that they last for decades. Add pleasant year-round weather and no natural disasters to the city’s affordability factor, and it’s time to call a mover! Honestly, we think the valley is both entertaining and a nice place to live.

How Many Jobs Does A Hotel & Casino Create?

When a hotel opens, each hotel room equals 2.5 jobs. There is 1 job within the hotel/casino and 1.5 jobs for family support. Family support would be doctors, lawyers, grocery and retail clerks, teachers, hairdressers, manicurists, restaurant help, sanitation workers, bankers, etc.

Jobs And Home Builders

Over 5000 people a month have relocated to Las Vegas for the last 30 years. How do 5000 people a month needing a place to live in Las Vegas, NV, find one? Realtors plus local and National builders work together. New construction homes use high-tech materials and products to build these smart, energy-efficient, great investment properties. We monitor construction for you as part of our services, as well as representing you on your investment.

In the past, smaller builders thrived and assembled land for future developments. When the financial recession began in 2008, and homebuyers couldn’t get financing, it was a scary time. Builders that were not on the NYSE sold or merged with national builders.

Today, new construction homes in Las Vegas are big business. Houses are built by 15-20 national builders, a couple of smaller subdivision builders, and numerous custom home builders. Gone are most of the mom-and-pop smaller subdivision builders.

Where To Live?

Until a few years ago, national builders would build the same house floor plans in each city of the valley. As undeveloped land has become rare in Las Vegas and Henderson, builders are building more expensive houses to maximize their investment return.

Building has slowed from over 1000 floor plans to under 600 floor plans to choose from in over 200 developments to around 150 neighborhoods. It is more prevalent to see a floor plan modeled in one development, but it can be built in several other developments too. They send buyers to other developments to see a particular floor plan.

Where Are The Jobs In The Valley?

There are always job openings in every field. The largest employer in Las Vegas is MGM. Both skilled and unskilled labor are especially strong employment sectors. Tip income positions on the Strip add an enticing bonus to hourly wages. Self-employment thrives in the Land of Opportunity.

Ever-evolving, business construction combined with new-build homes, always needs skilled labor. North Las Vegas, with all of its inexpensive land, has become an industrial and manufacturing business destination. The valley has attracted the tech industry, Amazon, Switch, and Google. Ben and Jerry’s (has a new manufacturing name that I can’t remember). The Las Vegas Raiders, among other big businesses, have relocated in the last few years.

Unique Jobs and Part-time Employers

All of the concert and sports venues offer part-time evening and weekend jobs with decent pay. There are also gig jobs at convention centers and driving. We met a driver that drives the underground Tesla cars which is completely safe. Sephora and Amazon have jobs that include all shifts. Door Dash drivers that delivers to hotels are paid extra.

Have you considered over-night child care? Casinos have 3 shifts and employees need day care and night care. Las Vegas jobs are unique. Friday afternoon and Sunday morning Uber driving or Bellman Service are other options.

The Strip consumes massive amounts of food and goods, all delivered by trucks. City planners noticed that 3/4 of all trucks left town empty. Some very smart people enticed large manufacturing companies to take advantage of reduced freight costs. And then McCarran added an international runway, turning the now Happy Reid International Airport into a customs favorite Port of Entry.

Our Own U.S. Customs Department

Today, trucks are filled by numerous freight-heavy manufacturing companies. Smart companies include Sephora Cosmetics, The Home Shopping Network, Big O Tires, and Ocean Spray Cranberries.

World-wide businesses take advantage of the inexpensive freight and “no-wait” international customs.  Companies save days and even weeks by flying an international package into Harry Reid Airport, where it will be in a truck the same day. See our blog about Food and Freight.

There is an employment demand for anyone who wants to work. Look around! There is an opportunity waiting for you! In a constantly growing city, the advancement potential in any field is there. Casinos and businesses like to purchase goods locally so head’s up! For self-employment, if you want to work for it, opportunities to win are waiting to be discovered. 2025 had lay offs as casinos reorganized after a 10% decline in tourism.

Las Vegas opened over 10,000 hotel rooms and over 3.5 million square feet of convention space in 2020-2021. A million more square feet of convention square footage opened in 2021-2023. Las Vegas will soon have over 15 million total square feet of convention space. In comparison, only 5 cities in the United States have over 3.5 million square feet of convention space.

Sports Are Big Business

Allegiant Stadium opened in 2020. They employed 640 construction workers a day during construction. Since events opened to the public in the summer of 2021, over 4000 permanent jobs have been filled. The north end of the Strip expanded with Resorts World and Fountainebleau. Fountainebleau has a sports memorabilia display. They both have showrooms, upscale restaurants, and dance bars.

Technology jobs are filling in with Google and other tech companies. And so with sports, gaming, jobs, housing, and family needs, the cycle continues… Link to our Henderson and North Las Vegas pages.

Since Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson are separated only by a line on paper, business expansions in every area of the valley affect the entire valley. The growth and excitement continues, just at a slower pace in 2026. Are you ready to call Las Vegas home?

What Started People Moving To Las Vegas?

Lots of people relocating to Las Vegas became inevitable over 30 years ago. Two reasons why, turned into 6, and now there’s a gazillion reasons why people relocate-relocated to Las Vegas. It started with jobs in the late 1980s when the Mirage and the Excalibur were under construction.

Construction workers from across the country flooded to the city for high-paying union construction jobs and brought their families. New construction home production was increased because these construction workers and their families needed housing.

More construction workers were needed to build houses and businesses. So the perpetual motion employment machine started, powered by tourists and Strip expansion properties.

Housing developers needed roads built, utility companies needed utilities run. They discovered after the fact that flood control needed billions of dollars of infrastructure installed. When the hotel rooms started opening, the “Welcome To Las Vegas” flood gates opened, too.

When tech became popular, it was simple to add underground fiber optics to existing and planned utility corridors. Remote workers and companies discovered the city’s fast internet and relocated here.

When Were The Las Vegas Strip Hotels Opened?

The Decade That Changed City and The World

When the Mirage with its volcano and the Excalibur castle opened in the late 1980s, life was fun and easy-going. The timing was perfect. Corporations saw those hotels experience huge success and wanted a piece of the pie. It took a few years to plan more mega-resorts, but everyone jumped on the bandwagon. 

The iconic Luxor fired up its spotlight in 1993, and Treasure Island opened its hotel and pirate show in 1993. The MGM opened in late 1993 utilizing the Marina Hotel to become the largest hotel in the world with 5003 rooms. In my opinion, the MGM still has a “top 3 best pools in the city” all these years later.

With all this growth, off-strip locals oriented hotel-casinos started opening and paid better odds than the Strip. Boomtown (now the Silverton) opened in 1994. Fiesta opened in 1994 in North Las Vegas with Texas opening across the street in 1995. They are both closed now.

More Las Vegas Hotels Opened Each Year

The Fremont Street Experience infused life back into Downtown in 1995. Then the Stratosphere became a landmark, and Monte Carlo (now Park MGM) opened in 1996. Hotel themes, names, and ideas were the buzz all over town. We did seminars every year to keep up with the growth and planned growth.

New York, New York created excitement in 1997 with its roller-coaster and architectural flair. Another locals property, Sunset Station, was the highlight in east-southeast Las Vegas that year. Master-planned communities built near Sunset Station added to its success. Bellagio, with its upscale presence, high-end shopping, atrium, and spectacular water show, made a splash in 1998.

Mandalay Bay, featuring a large arena, and their fabulous beach/wave-pool, started the 1999 boom. Shortly after Mandalay Bay, The Venetian opened with a mall and indoor canal complete with gondola boats and singers. Paris also opened in 1999, featuring an Eifel Tower with the ability to change lighting colors.

Not to be outdone, existing properties upgraded their presence. Caesars opened the Caesars Forum Shoppes and the Sahara built a looping indoor/outdoor toller-coaster ride. Everyone turned hotel demolition into a viewing party to increase the hype. Living in the valley was grand. Everyone’s friends and family visited taking advantage of cheap hotel rooms and food. Those were the days….

How Many Jobs Does A Hotel & Casino Create?

When a hotel opens, each hotel room equals 2.5 jobs. There is 1 job within the hotel/casino and 1.5 jobs for family support. Family support would be doctors, lawyers, grocery and retail clerks, teachers, hairdressers, manicurists, restaurant help, sanitation workers, bankers, etc.

As Strip hotels were built, communities grew off-strip. Then came the off-strip local casinos. Joining scattered existing casinos, The Rio, Texas, Fiesta, Palms, Silverton, Resort at Summerlin, and Red Rock Station opened. That was just on the west side of the valley in fewer than 10 years.

On the east side of the valleduring the same time period, South Point, The Reserve, Sunset Station, Boulder Station and Green Valley Ranch opened. The common denominator with all these projects was jobs and a perpetual motion machine..

Today, there are almost 200,000 hotel rooms attracting between 250,000-300,000 tourists every day of the week. The population of the entire Las Vegas area is under 2.5 million people. Another thing that makes it a great place to live is how well planned and layed out the city is. The Strip is one street in 600 square miles and tourist don’t affect  our lives while they pay our state income tax.