1993 recreational vehicle (RV) park census in Beatty and Pahrump, Nevada

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:60788

Levy, L E ^[1]; Housel, M D ^[2]

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1. Planning Information Corp., Denver, CO (United States)
2. Planning Information Corp., Pahrump, NV (United States)

This paper reports on the second annual study of seasonal nonpermanent residents in the towns of Beatty and Pahrump in southern Nye County, Nevada, situs county of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project. The study used a census of recreational vehicle (RV) park managers to enumerate and characterize in demographic terms nonpermanent residents staying in RV parks. The questionnaire sought information from RV park managers which ordinarily would come from a household survey. The main objective was to study {open_quotes}snowbirds{close_quotes}, the households of older couples who stay for a month or more each winter. The findings suggest that snowbirds are a majority of the seasonal influx of nonpermanent residents to RV parks in Pahrump. In contrast, a group called {open_quotes}seasonal travelers{close_quotes}, similar demographically but who stay less than a month, dominate the seasonal nonpermanent population in Beatty`s RV parks. The study also tentatively identified the seasonality of nonpermanent resident occupancy. Because only RV parks were contacted, the study left unanswered the question of how many snowbirds live in other types of accommodations in Beatty and Pahrump.

• Research Organization: American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY (United States); American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 60788
• Report Number(s): CONF-940553--Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION DYNAMICS
POPULATION RELOCATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project