12 Famous People Who Live in Las Vegas: Celebrity Residents and Their Homes

Yes, a surprising number of famous people live in Las Vegas, and most of them are not where you would guess. Behind the neon, the valley is home to Celine Dion, Floyd Mayweather, Mark Wahlberg, Wayne Newton, and more than a dozen other stars who trade California and New York for guard-gated neighborhoods in Summerlin, Southern Highlands, and Henderson. The reasons are consistent: Nevada has no state personal income tax, the gated communities offer real privacy, and a central international airport keeps a global career within easy reach. Here are 12 famous people (and a few famous couples) who call the Las Vegas valley home, where they live, and why.

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Why Celebrities Choose Las Vegas

The first draw is money. Nevada is one of only nine states with no personal income tax, which lets high earners keep more of what they make compared with California, where the top state rate reaches 13.3 percent. For a performer, athlete, or actor on a large income, that difference is substantial and recurring.

The second draw is privacy. The valley’s luxury market is built around guard-gated communities where a resident can live behind a staffed entrance and high walls, with neighbors who are used to famous faces and respect the quiet. The third is logistics: Harry Reid International Airport sits minutes from the Strip and the main residential enclaves, so a global touring or filming schedule stays manageable. Add a world-class entertainment and residency circuit, and Las Vegas becomes a place where a star can both work and disappear.

Source: Tax Foundation, state individual income tax rates

1 Celine Dion

Celine Dion is often called the most famous name attached to Las Vegas, and for good reason: her long-running residencies at Caesars Palace helped redefine the modern Strip residency. Her home, however, is well away from the lights, in the gated Lake Las Vegas area of Henderson, roughly 20 miles from the Caesars stage where she performed. She bought into the area around the start of her first residency in the early 2000s and has kept the Lake Las Vegas property.

In 2024 she sold a separate Las Vegas mansion in The Summit Club for about $30 million, a record price for a single-family home in the area, while holding on to her Henderson home. For a star who built her second act in this city, staying rooted here even after the shows ended says a lot about the valley’s pull.

Source: Casino.org | Las Vegas Review-Journal

2 Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf

Few residents are more woven into the city than Andre Agassi, who was born and raised in Las Vegas. The tennis legend and his wife, fellow Grand Slam champion Steffi Graf, have long made their home in Summerlin, the master-planned community on the valley’s west side that is a magnet for the wealthy and the well-known. Reporting has described a roughly 9,000-square-foot Summerlin mansion as their main residence, with desert and mountain views.

The couple’s roots run deep beyond the house: Agassi’s education foundation and charter school are based in the city, and his childhood home in the area has itself drawn news coverage. For the Agassi-Graf household, Las Vegas is not a tax move or a career perk, it is just home.

Source: HELLO! Magazine | Las Vegas Review-Journal

3 Floyd Mayweather

Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather is another Las Vegas native, and his primary base has long been the city where he staged the biggest fights of his career. He owns a large estate in the gated Southern Highlands community in the south valley, a property widely known by its nickname the “Big Boy Mansion.” The Review-Journal reported he assembled the compound for roughly $10 million.

Mayweather has homes in other cities, but reporting describes the Nevada estate as where he spends most of his time, and he listed the Southern Highlands mansion for around $12.5 million in late 2024. Whether that sale closes or not, his connection to the city that made him remains central to his story.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

4 Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg made headlines in 2022 when he moved his family from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, publicly citing a better environment for his four kids and space for them to golf and ride horses. He first bought a townhouse in Summerlin’s exclusive Summit Club, then sold it about a year later in September 2023 for roughly $16.6 million, and reporting says he moved into another Las Vegas home rather than leaving.

Wahlberg has since become a vocal booster of the city, talking publicly about turning Las Vegas into a serious film-production hub, and has said he loves it and has no plans to move. He is now the poster case for the Hollywood-to-Nevada relocation trend.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | FOX 11 Los Angeles

5 Wayne Newton

No one wears the title “Mr. Las Vegas” like Wayne Newton, the entertainer whose Strip career spans more than six decades. He lived at his famous estate Casa de Shenandoah, in the east valley, from the late 1960s, building it out into a sprawling ranch complete with Arabian horses that later opened briefly as a public attraction.

After a bankruptcy reorganization, Newton sold Casa de Shenandoah and moved about a mile away to a smaller estate, but he never left the valley he helped build. For a performer who has been a Las Vegas institution since 1968, calling anywhere else home would be unthinkable.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | The Christian Science Monitor

6 Shaquille O’Neal

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has steadily built his Las Vegas ties, buying real estate in the Southern Highlands area and anchoring a Big Chicken restaurant near the Strip. Reporting describes him as a part-time resident who splits time between Las Vegas and Atlanta, where he works as a studio analyst, and he has publicly explained why he made Las Vegas his official residence.

His valley footprint has shifted over the years, from a five-bedroom home he picked up for about $765,000 to a later private one-acre estate, and he continues to deepen his business and community presence here. Shaq is proof that Las Vegas increasingly competes for athletes as a home base, not just a fight weekend or a game.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

7 Penn and Teller

The magic duo Penn Jillette and Teller are among the longest-tenured celebrity residents in the city, having performed on the Strip for decades, most recently at the Rio. Penn has lived in Las Vegas since 1994, most famously at his quirky custom home nicknamed “The Slammer,” which he began building in the mid-1990s. Teller also keeps his home here, where he houses a notable collection of Houdini memorabilia and magic books.

Their decades in the valley make the point that Las Vegas is not only for new arrivals chasing a tax break. For some stars it has been home base for an entire career.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | The Philadelphia Inquirer

8 Carrot Top

Prop comedian Carrot Top, whose real name is Scott Thompson, has been a fixture of the Strip comedy scene for a generation. He has headlined at the Luxor since 2005, one of the longest-running solo residencies in the city, and he put down roots in Las Vegas not long after the shows began, following his mother who had moved here first.

Two decades at one hotel is a rare kind of Las Vegas loyalty, and it has made Carrot Top both a working performer and a genuine local resident.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

9 Mike Tyson

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has called the Las Vegas valley home for years, in the gated Seven Hills golf community in neighboring Henderson. The Review-Journal reported he bought a roughly 10,000-square-foot home there for about $2.5 million in 2016, after years living just down the street in the same area.

Tyson’s long presence in Henderson reflects a broader trend: the valley’s gated golf communities draw athletes who want space, security, and a quieter setting a short drive from the Strip.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

10 Nicolas Cage

Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage has been a longtime Las Vegas resident, a connection local outlets have noted even down to his reporting for jury duty at the Clark County courthouse. He keeps a private, distinctive home in the city and has owned several Las Vegas properties over the years, with his current address kept out of the public eye for privacy.

Cage has also talked publicly about wanting to build a film studio in the area, part of the same push to grow Las Vegas into a production center. His quiet, private residency is a reminder that not every famous local wants to be found.

Source: News 3 Las Vegas

11 Steve Aoki

Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Steve Aoki moved his base from Los Angeles to the Las Vegas area around 2014, settling in Henderson. His home, nicknamed “Aoki’s Playhouse,” doubles as a recording studio and is known for its art, games, and a famous foam pit, and he has spent years and millions remodeling the spread.

For an artist whose career runs through the Strip’s megaclubs, living minutes away in Henderson keeps him close to the work while still behind a gate.

Source: Las Vegas Weekly

12 Nick Carter

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter rounds out the list. He lives with his family in the Henderson area, just outside Las Vegas city limits, and has spoken in interviews from his Las Vegas-area home about life and new music. Henderson’s family-friendly, master-planned neighborhoods make it a popular landing spot for stars who want suburban calm within the metro.

Carter’s choice underscores how often “Las Vegas celebrity” really means Henderson, the valley’s second city and a quiet counterweight to the Strip.

Source: ABC News 4

Where Las Vegas Celebrities Actually Live

Notice the pattern in the list above: hardly anyone lives at the city center. The valley’s famous residents concentrate in a handful of guard-gated communities, most on the west side in Summerlin or in the southern and eastern suburbs, including a large share in neighboring Henderson. Here is how the best-known enclaves break down.

Famous Las Vegas Residents at a Glance

Here is the full roster in one quick-reference view, by name, claim to fame, and the part of the valley they call home.

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