Anthem vs Southern Highlands: Lot Size, Home Size, Price per Square Foot and Taxes (2026)

By Mike Roland, Nevada license S.0177048, LPT Realty. Published and updated November 9, 2026. Read time: about 26 minutes. 

Short answer: Anthem lists with bigger lots and a higher asking price per square foot, while Southern Highlands lists with bigger homes and a wider spread of prices. On November 9, 2026 the 83 active Anthem listings had a median asking price of $799,900 and a median lot of 0.21 acre, against $945,000 and 0.18 acre across the 105 active Southern Highlands listings. Anthem sits inside the City of Henderson at a 2.9613 tax rate, and Southern Highlands is in unincorporated Clark County, where the fiscal year 2026 to 2027 rates run from 2.7081 to 2.9328 depending on the tax district.

I built this comparison around one question that most articles skip: how much lot and how much house does each community put in front of a buyer? I read all 188 active listings on our two community pages, entered every price, bedroom count, square footage and lot size into a dataset, and let the numbers decide what the article says. Where the data is silent (closed prices, year built, HOA dollars), I say so instead of guessing.

Verdict box, as of November 9, 2026. Active listings: Anthem 83, Southern Highlands 105. Median asking price: $799,900 vs $945,000. Median asking price per square foot: $328 vs $275. Median living area: 2,614 vs 3,073 square feet. Median lot: 0.21 vs 0.18 acre. Lots of at least a quarter acre: 42 percent of Anthem listings with a stated lot size vs 32 percent in Southern Highlands. Property tax rate: 2.9613 (City of Henderson) vs 2.7081 to 2.9328 (Enterprise tax districts). Freddie Mac 30-year rate used for payments: 7.18 percent (November 5, 2026).

Key takeaways

• Anthem lists with the larger lot. The median Anthem lot is about 9,100 square feet and the median Southern Highlands lot is about 7,800 square feet, and 36 percent of Anthem listings with a stated lot are 0.30 acre or larger against 18 percent in Southern Highlands.
• Southern Highlands lists with the larger home. The median asking home is 3,073 square feet there and 2,614 in Anthem, and 28 percent of Southern Highlands listings are 5,000 square feet or more against 14 percent in Anthem.
• Below $750,000, the two communities list very differently: Anthem lists a median of $544,000 for 1,928 square feet on 0.14 acre, and Southern Highlands lists $484,500 for 2,138 square feet on 0.10 acre.
• Anthem has a thin middle. Only 5 of 83 Anthem listings ask $1,000,000 to $1,499,999, while Southern Highlands has 21 of 105 in that band.
• Tax rates differ by jurisdiction, not by community brand: every Anthem parcel is taxed at the City of Henderson rate of 2.9613 per $100 of assessed value, while a Southern Highlands parcel carries whichever Enterprise tax district code applies to it.
• Neither community publishes its association dollar amounts where I could read them, so ask for the resale package before you write an offer.

Table of contents

1. How do Anthem and Southern Highlands compare at a glance?
2. What do homes in each community list for, band by band?
3. How big are the lots in Anthem and Southern Highlands?
4. How much house comes with the lot?
5. What does a budget under $750,000 look like in each?
6. What are the property tax rates in Anthem and Southern Highlands?
7. What is the monthly payment at each median asking price?
8. What do utilities and move-in fees look like?
9. How are the associations structured, and what rules should I read?
10. Who built each community, and what parks and golf does each have?
11. Featured community: what is Anthem, in detail?
12. Frequently asked questions
13. How can The Roland Team help you decide?
14. About this article, sources and related reading

How do Anthem and Southern Highlands compare at a glance?

Both are large master plans on the south side of the valley, both include guard-gated sections and golf, and both sell everything from attached homes to custom estates. They differ in the ways that matter to a budget: who taxes the parcel, how many associations sit between you and the street, and how the listings split between lot and living area.

Table 1. Anthem and Southern Highlands at a glance. Sources: Clark County Treasurer FY 2026-27 tax districts; Roland Team community pages (live MLS feed, read November 9, 2026); Wikipedia, Anthem, Henderson; Olympia Companies; my calculation.

One caution on Table 1 before you lean on it. Median asking price is what sellers want today, not what buyers paid. Asking prices usually sit above closed prices in a market that has slowed, and the gap is different in every price band. I did not run a closed-sales search for this article, so nothing here tells you what a home sold for. If you want that, my team can pull it for the exact street you are considering.

I am also not going to give you drive times. Both communities have their own access points, and a number that is accurate at 6:30 in the morning is wrong at 5:00 in the afternoon. Anthem is on the St. Rose Parkway corridor toward Interstate 15 and the 215. Southern Highlands has Interstate 15 interchanges at Starr Avenue, Cactus Avenue and Silverado Ranch Boulevard, according to our community page. Put your own work address into a mapping app at your real commute hour and trust that result over any article, including this one.

What do homes in each community list for, band by band?

The simplest honest picture of a community is its inventory sorted by price. I grouped every active listing into six bands. The first thing that jumps out is the shape: Anthem stacks up in the $500,000 to $750,000 band and then drops off a cliff, while Southern Highlands spreads out evenly from entry level through $1,500,000.

Table 2. Active listings by asking price band. Source: active listings on the Roland Team Anthem and Southern Highlands community pages (Las Vegas REALTORS MLS feed), read November 9, 2026; my calculation. Percentages are of 83 Anthem and 105 Southern Highlands listings and may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

A few readings from Table 2. Under $1,000,000, Anthem has 51 active listings (61 percent) and Southern Highlands has 60 (57 percent), so the share of the inventory below seven figures is close. The entry point is lower in Southern Highlands: 26 listings ask under $500,000, twice Anthem's 13. The $1,000,000 to $1,499,999 band is where the two communities diverge most. Southern Highlands has 21 listings there, and Anthem has 5. In Anthem, the listings cluster either below $1,000,000 or above $1,500,000, which leaves a gap. If your budget is $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, Southern Highlands has far more to look at today, and Anthem will be a short list that changes slowly.

Anthem also splits cleanly by ZIP code. The 59 listings in 89052 have a median asking price of $995,000, a median of 2,970 square feet and a median lot of 0.29 acre. The 24 listings in 89044 have a median of about $532,000, 2,090 square feet and 0.14 acre. That is not a quality statement about either ZIP. It is a description of which product is for sale in each one, and it is why a single Anthem "median" hides more than it reveals. Southern Highlands has one ZIP code, 89141, but 50 sub-associations, according to our community page, so the same hiding happens inside it. When you look at any community median, ask what mix of homes produced it.

For a live view instead of my snapshot, the Anthem homes for sale page and the Southern Highlands homes for sale page show current inventory, and the full home search lets you filter by lot size, pool and single story.

How big are the lots in Anthem and Southern Highlands?

Lot size is the cleanest difference in the data, and it is the one buyers feel every day: the side yard, the pool you can fit, the space between your wall and the next house. Of the 83 Anthem listings, 77 state a lot size, and of the 105 Southern Highlands listings, 104 do. Lot size is the acreage printed on the listing card, so condos and some attached homes show no figure and are left out of this table.

Table 3. Lot size distribution among listings that state one. Source: active listings on the Roland Team Anthem and Southern Highlands community pages (Las Vegas REALTORS MLS feed), read November 9, 2026; my calculation. One acre is 43,560 square feet.

Read the table in two halves. In the small-lot half, Southern Highlands has 41 listings (39 percent) on lots under 0.15 acre, against 17 (22 percent) in Anthem. That reflects how much of Southern Highlands was built as compact village product with small yards. In the large-lot half, Anthem has 28 listings (36 percent) at 0.30 acre or more, against 19 (18 percent) in Southern Highlands. The 0.30 to 0.499 acre band alone holds 25 Anthem listings and only 6 Southern Highlands listings.

The very top of the lot range goes the other way. Southern Highlands has 13 listings on half an acre or more, and Anthem has 3. Those 13 Southern Highlands listings ask from about $2,400,000 to $10,995,000. So the more precise statement is this: Anthem lists the bigger typical lot, and Southern Highlands lists the biggest lots, but fewer of them at ordinary prices.

The last row of Table 3 is the one I find most useful. I divided each lot's area by the home's living area and took the median. In Anthem the median lot is 3.1 times the size of the house's living area, and in Southern Highlands it is 2.5 times. A lower ratio means the house fills more of the lot, which usually means less yard and less room for a pool, a casita or an RV pad. If any of those matter to you, our pages for homes with pools, homes with RV garages and homes with casitas filter to those features directly. Lot size on a listing card is also a seller-entered or county-derived number, so verify the actual lot lines with a survey or the Clark County Assessor parcel map before you pay for a pool design.

How much house comes with the lot?

Living area runs the opposite way from lot area. Southern Highlands lists bigger homes in every price band, and Anthem lists a higher price per square foot in every band below $3,000,000. The next table puts size and price per square foot side by side.

Table 4. Home size and asking price per square foot by price band. Source: active listings on the Roland Team Anthem and Southern Highlands community pages (Las Vegas REALTORS MLS feed), read November 9, 2026; my calculation. Price per square foot is asking price divided by listed living area, then the median of each band.

The $750,000 to $999,999 band shows the pattern most clearly. A median Southern Highlands listing there is 3,381 square feet at $263 per square foot. A median Anthem listing is 2,652 square feet at $305. That is 729 more square feet at a lower unit price, and the median lot in that band is about the same in both (0.195 acre in Southern Highlands, 0.18 in Anthem), so the extra house is not coming out of the yard there. In the under $500,000 and $500,000 to $749,999 bands, the size gap narrows to 62 and 236 square feet.

Do not read the top two bands as a price comparison. At $1,500,000 and above, a handful of custom estates and golf club homes drive the medians, and the small counts (16 and 11 in Anthem, 8 and 16 in Southern Highlands) mean one unusual listing can swing a figure. Anthem's $666 per square foot in the $1,500,000 to $2,999,999 band, for instance, likely reflects large lots, where land carries more of the price. Southern Highlands' $858 at the top is driven by a small group of very large estates. Both figures are real, and neither tells you what a typical buyer in that band will find.

Bedroom counts are closer than size. Four or more bedrooms appear in 52 of 83 Anthem listings (63 percent) and 69 of 105 Southern Highlands listings (66 percent). The size difference comes from the larger homes, not from an extra bedroom. By living area, 24 percent of Anthem listings are under 2,000 square feet against 18 percent in Southern Highlands, and 14 percent of Anthem listings are 5,000 square feet or more against 28 percent in Southern Highlands.

What does a budget under $750,000 look like in each?

This is the tier a large share of buyers actually shop, so I cut the data there. Anthem has 35 active listings under $750,000, and Southern Highlands has 44. I also pulled the narrower group of four-bedroom-or-larger homes under $1,000,000, since that is a common search.

Table 5. What an under-$750,000 and a four-bedroom under-$1,000,000 search shows. Source: active listings on the Roland Team Anthem and Southern Highlands community pages (Las Vegas REALTORS MLS feed), read November 9, 2026; my calculation. Medians of asking figures; lot median uses listings that state a lot size.

Under $750,000, Southern Highlands gives you about 210 more square feet of house for about $59,500 less in the median asking price, and Anthem gives you a lot that is about 0.04 acre larger (roughly 1,700 square feet). The four-bedroom search tells the same story: 32 Southern Highlands listings against 23 in Anthem, at a lower median ask and a larger median home, on a smaller lot.

There is a caveat that cuts against Anthem in Table 5. Several of Anthem's lowest-priced listings are attached condos, and they pull the Anthem median living area down. If you are shopping detached homes only, the Anthem numbers improve. The listing cards do not tell me which listings are attached, so I cannot split them out cleanly, and I would rather say that than hand you a tidy number I cannot back up. Use the pools, single-story and RV garage filters on our home search to narrow to the product you want.

If you are weighing a first purchase at this price level, our first-time buyer guide and down payment assistance page cover the programs that apply, and the pre-approval page is the right first step before you tour anything.

What are the property tax rates in Anthem and Southern Highlands?

This is where jurisdiction matters. Every Anthem address is in the City of Henderson, and the Clark County Treasurer lists the same fiscal year 2026 to 2027 rate of 2.9613 per $100 of assessed value across all 14 City of Henderson tax districts. Southern Highlands is in unincorporated Clark County, in the Enterprise area, and the Treasurer lists five Enterprise tax districts with different rates. Which district applies depends on the parcel, and I did not assign one to Southern Highlands as a whole because I cannot confirm that every parcel shares a code. The Treasurer's district lookup by parcel number settles it in a minute.

Table 6. Property tax rates and a worked example, fiscal year 2026-27. Source: Clark County Treasurer, tax rates by district (read November 9, 2026). The example is an illustration, not a tax bill: it assumes a taxable value of $400,000 and Nevada's 35 percent assessment ratio, and it ignores abatement caps and any special assessments on the tax bill.

Here is how to read it. Nevada assesses property at 35 percent of taxable value, and taxable value is not your purchase price. The Clark County Assessor sets it from land value plus the depreciated cost to rebuild the structure, and a state cap limits how fast a bill can rise on an owner-occupied home (3 percent a year). So a $945,000 purchase does not produce a tax bill on $945,000. The practical comparison is the rate: on the same taxable value, a parcel at 2.7081 pays about $354 a year less than a Henderson parcel at 2.9613 in my example, and a parcel at 2.9328 pays about $40 less. The spread between the five Enterprise codes is just as large as the gap between Enterprise and Henderson, so the parcel matters more than the community name.

For a fuller treatment of how Henderson compares with other cities, see my breakdown in Boulder City vs Henderson. Tax rates are set each year by the taxing entities, and the Nevada Department of Taxation publishes the statewide rate book. The state's overview is at tax.nv.gov.

What is the monthly payment at each median asking price?

The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 7.18 percent on November 5, 2026, down from 7.24 percent the week before and up from 6.22 percent a year earlier. I used that rate for a principal-and-interest illustration at three price points: $500,000, Anthem's median asking price of $799,900 and Southern Highlands' median asking price of $945,000.

Table 7. Principal and interest on a 30-year fixed loan at 7.18 percent (Freddie Mac PMMS, November 5, 2026). Illustration only: no property tax, insurance, HOA dues, mortgage insurance or points. Your lender sets your real rate and terms.

The median asks are $145,100 apart, and at a 20 percent down payment that gap is $786 a month in principal and interest alone. Add the monthly tax from Table 6 and the association dues from your resale package and the real gap moves around. A Southern Highlands buyer at $945,000 could pay a lower tax rate than an Anthem buyer, and the Anthem buyer could pay a lower or higher association bill depending on the neighborhood. That is the reason I want you to use the numbers as a comparison, not a quote. For a calculator that lets you change every input, use our payment calculator, and talk to a lender before you rely on any figure.

What do utilities and move-in fees look like?

Utilities follow jurisdiction, just as taxes do. Anthem is in the City of Henderson, which runs its own water and sewer utility and requires trash service through Republic Services for properties on city water. Southern Highlands is unincorporated, so its providers are district utilities. NV Energy supplies electricity in both. I did not confirm the water provider for every Southern Highlands parcel, and I could not retrieve the City of Henderson water rate table this run, so the table below shows only the published figures I could read and marks the rest.

Table 8. Published utility figures I could verify. Sources: City of Henderson sewer rate ordinance (effective January 1, 2026); Las Vegas Valley Water District water rates page (undated); Clark County Water Reclamation District, About My Bill; read November 9, 2026. Confirm the provider and current rates for your address.

Two things deserve attention. First, the Las Vegas Valley Water District tiers rise steeply: the fourth tier is $6.33 per 1,000 gallons against $1.61 in the first. On a larger lot with grass or a pool, the volume you use decides your bill far more than the service charge does. That connects back to Table 3, where Anthem lists the larger typical lot. Second, the Southern Nevada Water Authority sets landscape rules that apply across the valley, including limits on turf, and runs a rebate program for converting grass. The rules and rebates are on the SNWA laws and ordinances page.

For the rest of the move-in list, including vehicle registration and the first 90 days, my Moving to Henderson guide walks through the Henderson side with official links, and our moving to Las Vegas page covers the valley overall. If you are relocating from another state, the out-of-state buyer page lays out how we work remotely.

How are the associations structured, and what rules should I read?

Both communities layer associations. That means the dues on a given house are never one number. In Anthem, our community page describes separate associations for the country club, the age-qualified sections (Sun City Anthem and Solera at Anthem are age restricted, 55+) and the non-gated neighborhoods. In Southern Highlands, one master association sits over roughly 50 sub-associations, according to our community page, and each sub-association has its own budget, covenants and management company.

Table 9. Association structure and rules, as published. Sources: Southern Highlands Community Association FAQ (southernhighlandshoa.com); Anthem Country Club HOA management page (anthemhoa.org); Anthem Highlands Community Association overview (anthemhighlands.org); Roland Team community pages; read November 9, 2026. Dollar amounts were not published on the pages I could read.

What I take from Table 9 is how much the buyer must collect. In Southern Highlands, the master association publishes how dues are built and what the review process is, but not the dollar amount, and any home in a sub-association needs a second resale packet. In Anthem, the dues vary enough by neighborhood that the only reliable number is the one in the resale package for that address. Nevada law requires the seller to provide the packet, and it should include the budget, the reserve study summary, the governing documents and any pending special assessments. Read the reserve summary before you read anything else. A low monthly due and a thin reserve can cost more than a higher due and a healthy one.

On rules, the items to check in either community are rentals, RV and boat parking, solar and exterior color changes, and any landscape requirement. I have not seen a single rule that is the same across all sub-associations in either community, and I will not summarize one as if it were. For gated product, our pages for guard-gated communities and golf communities list what is for sale in each category.

Who built each community, and what parks and golf does each have?

Anthem. Del Webb opened Anthem in 1998. The City of Henderson approved the first phase in November 1997, annexing 2,535 acres, and after a 1999 land exchange the master plan grew to more than 5,000 acres. The plan called for 11,000 to 13,000 homes at buildout. Pulte built Anthem Highlands, Coventry Homes built Coventry Homes at Anthem, and Del Webb built Sun City Anthem and the country club homes, according to our community page. Anthem is essentially built out. What changes today is resale, remodels, the occasional custom build and commercial fill-in along St. Rose Parkway and Eastern Avenue. If you want a new-construction builder's floor plan, Anthem is not where to look. For that, compare Inspirada and Cadence, which are still delivering new homes.

Southern Highlands. Olympia Companies is the master developer. The plan covers 2,750 acres, and Olympia says more than $200 million has been invested. Clark County gave tentative approval in May 1997, after a land exchange with the Bureau of Land Management, per our community page. Southern Highlands is still adding product: Lennar lists Westridge Enclave and Westridge Square inside the community, and our community page shows plans of about 2,126 to 3,438 square feet with pricing from the $700,000s and an early 2027 timeline. Builder pricing and timelines change often, so confirm on the builder's site before you plan around them. For how Southern Highlands compares with a very different Las Vegas master plan, see Southern Highlands vs Mountain's Edge.

Parks, trails and golf. The amenities differ in who owns them and who pays for them.

• Anthem Hills Park is a City of Henderson park at 2256 N. Reunion Dr., open 6 a.m. to midnight, with a skate park open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and the Anthem East Trailhead. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, about 48,438 acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, borders the community to the south and holds more than 300 rock art panels, per our community page.
• Anthem Country Club is a private par-72 course designed by Hale Irwin and Keith Foster, 7,373 yards from the back tees, with tennis and pickleball courts and a fitness center. Club membership costs extra and is separate from association dues. The Revere Golf Club is a daily-fee option with two courses, Lexington and Concord, both par 72.
• Southern Highlands Golf Club is private, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr., and membership is separate from buying a home. Spa Southern Highlands is about 13,000 square feet with a 25-meter lap pool and a fitness center. Olympia Sports Park at 4885 Starr Hills Avenue opened in August 2018 and has soccer fields, a basketball court, a spray park and trails.
• The Southern Highlands master association lets residents reserve park shade structures at no charge through an online form, per its FAQ. Overnight camping, firearms, ATVs and fireworks are prohibited in the parks.

Which one has "more" is a matter of what you value. Anthem has more public land at its edge and a municipal park system. Southern Highlands has more community-owned recreation inside its own boundary, paid for through the master association. Both have private golf you can join without it being tied to the house. For schools, both communities are in the Clark County School District, and assignments are set by address, so use the CCSD zoning search on the exact address you are considering. I do not rank schools, and I would not trust any article that does.

Featured community: what is Anthem, in detail?

Anthem is the featured community in this comparison. Here is what the data and the published sources say about it, in one place, and then a checklist for deciding.

• Location and jurisdiction: southern Henderson foothills below Black Mountain, at the north end of the McCullough Range. City of Henderson, ZIP codes 89052 and 89044, tax rate 2.9613 per $100 of assessed value.
• Current inventory: 83 active listings on November 9, 2026, from $399,000 to $5,950,000. Median ask $799,900. Median lot 0.21 acre. Median living area 2,614 square feet.
• Home types: attached homes and condos at the low end; production single-family neighborhoods near the median, including Anthem Highlands (Pulte) and Coventry Homes at Anthem; guard-gated semi-custom and custom homes in Anthem Country Club; and the age-restricted (55+) sections, Sun City Anthem and Solera at Anthem, which have their own page at Sun City Anthem.
• Country club: 26 subdivisions with a 24-hour staffed gate, and 12 of them add a second gate. Lots range from about 0.11 to 3.38 acres according to a Rob Jensen Company survey cited on our community page.
• Associations: separate associations for the country club, the age-qualified sections and the non-gated neighborhoods. Amounts vary, so get the resale package.
• Nearby alternatives inside Henderson: Seven Hills, MacDonald Highlands, Inspirada and Cadence. The citywide view is on our Henderson page.

Full details and the current inventory are on the Anthem community page. I am the #1 individual agent in Henderson by homes sold in 2025 (RealTrends Verified), which means I see the Henderson resale market from both sides of the table.

A seven-question checklist before you choose between them

1. What is the most you are willing to pay a month, all in? Add principal and interest, tax at the parcel's actual rate, insurance and the full stack of association dues.
2. Do you need a lot of at least a quarter acre? If yes, Anthem lists 32 such homes and Southern Highlands lists 33 right now, but Anthem's are a larger share of its inventory.
3. Do you need more than 3,000 square feet under $1,000,000? Southern Highlands lists the larger homes in that band.
4. Is your budget between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000? Southern Highlands has far more choices today.
5. Do you want a builder's new floor plan? Southern Highlands has active builders; Anthem is built out.
6. Have you pulled the parcel's tax district and the association resale packet, including the reserve summary and any pending special assessment?
7. Have you driven the commute you would actually make, at the hour you would make it?

Frequently asked questions about Anthem vs Southern Highlands

Is Anthem or Southern Highlands more expensive?

On November 9, 2026, Southern Highlands is more expensive by asking price, with a median of $945,000 against $799,900 in Anthem. Anthem is more expensive per square foot, at a median of $328 against $275. Both communities run from entry-level homes to multimillion-dollar estates, so the median alone hides most of the picture. Compare the price band you actually shop, using Table 2 and Table 4 above, and remember that these are asking prices, not sold prices.

Which has bigger lots, Anthem or Southern Highlands?

Anthem lists the larger typical lot, at a median of 0.21 acre against 0.18 acre in Southern Highlands. Among listings that state a lot size, 36 percent of Anthem listings are 0.30 acre or larger, against 18 percent in Southern Highlands. The very largest lots, at half an acre or more, are more common in Southern Highlands, 13 listings against 3, and those 13 ask from about $2.4 million to $10,995,000.

Is Anthem in Henderson and Southern Highlands in Las Vegas?

Anthem is in the City of Henderson, and Southern Highlands is in unincorporated Clark County, in the Enterprise area, with a Las Vegas mailing address and ZIP code 89141. That distinction matters because it decides your property tax district and your utility providers. Always confirm the jurisdiction for a specific parcel with the Clark County Treasurer or Assessor before you compare monthly costs.

What is the property tax rate in Anthem, Henderson?

The fiscal year 2026 to 2027 rate in the City of Henderson is 2.9613 per $100 of assessed value, the same across all 14 Henderson tax districts. Nevada assesses at 35 percent of taxable value, and taxable value is not the purchase price. On a taxable value of $400,000, the example in Table 6 works out to about $4,146 a year. Your actual bill depends on the Assessor's valuation and any caps or special assessments.

How many homes are for sale in Anthem and Southern Highlands right now?

As of November 9, 2026, our community pages showed 83 active listings in Anthem and 105 in Southern Highlands. Inventory changes daily, so treat those as a snapshot. Southern Highlands had more listings under $500,000 (26 against 13), and Anthem had more between $500,000 and $749,999 (22 against 18). The live counts are on the Anthem and Southern Highlands pages and the full home search.

Do Anthem and Southern Highlands both have golf?

Yes, both have private golf. Anthem Country Club has a par-72 course designed by Hale Irwin and Keith Foster, and Anthem also has The Revere Golf Club, a daily-fee option. Southern Highlands Golf Club is private and was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr. In both communities club membership is separate from buying a home and costs extra, so ask the club for its current initiation and dues.

Is Anthem still building new homes?

Not at the scale of a new master plan. Anthem opened in 1998 and is essentially built out, with activity mostly in resale, remodels, occasional custom builds and commercial fill-in. Southern Highlands is still adding product, including Lennar's Westridge Enclave and Westridge Square, which our community page lists from the $700,000s with an early 2027 timeline. Confirm builder pricing and dates directly with the builder, since both change often.

How much is the HOA in Anthem and in Southern Highlands?

I could not find a published dollar amount for either community, and I will not guess one. Both layer associations: Anthem has separate associations for its country club, age-qualified sections and non-gated neighborhoods, and Southern Highlands has a master association over about 50 sub-associations. The reliable number is the monthly total in the resale package for the specific address, which the seller must provide under Nevada law.

How can The Roland Team help you decide?

Here are the trade-offs in plain terms. Anthem lists the bigger typical lot, a higher price per square foot, a thinner middle of the market and a City of Henderson tax rate of 2.9613. Southern Highlands lists the bigger typical home, a lower price per square foot, far more choice between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, active builders, and a tax rate that depends on which Enterprise district the parcel is in. Neither is a better choice in the abstract. The right one is the one that matches your budget band, your lot and home size needs, and the all-in monthly cost once you add the association and the tax bill.

What this data cannot show is what homes closed for, how old each home is, how well each home is maintained, what the dues really are, or how the commute feels at your hour. Those are the five questions I answer when we sit down. I am #6 in Nevada by units sold (RealTrends Verified) and lead a Top 1% team in the Las Vegas valley with more than 1,000 homes sold and more than 800 five-star reviews, with dedicated buyer and seller specialists, so you work with people who do this every day. You can read our reviews and how the team works before you decide to talk.

If you would like an in-person consultation, call (702) 830-9366 or use our contact page. Bring two or three addresses from each community and I will pull the parcel's tax district, the resale package requirements and closed sales on the street.

About this article, sources and related reading

About this article. Written by Mike Roland, Nevada real estate license S.0177048, LPT Realty, a member of the Las Vegas REALTORS MLS. Data date: November 9, 2026. Last updated: November 9, 2026. Listing figures are active asking prices read from the live MLS feed shown on the Roland Team Anthem and Southern Highlands community pages and analyzed by me, listing by listing. I did not run a closed-sales search for this article. Median and quartile figures are my calculations and will change as listings change. This article is general information, not tax, legal or lending advice, and it is not a guarantee of any price or cost. Verify figures with the source named for each table. The Roland Team follows the Fair Housing Act and describes communities by objective attributes only.

Sources

• Clark County Treasurer, property tax rates by district, fiscal year 2026-27
• Freddie Mac, Primary Mortgage Market Survey (30-year fixed 7.18 percent, November 5, 2026)
• Nevada Department of Taxation
• City of Henderson, sewer rates ordinance 2026
• City of Henderson, water and wastewater rates
• Las Vegas Valley Water District, water rates
• Clark County Water Reclamation District, About My Bill
• Southern Highlands Community Association, FAQ
• Anthem Country Club Community Association, management company page
• Anthem Highlands Community Association, overview
• Olympia Companies, master planned communities
• Anthem, Henderson (reference for opening year, acreage and planned size)
• Southern Nevada Water Authority, laws and ordinances
• Clark County School District, zoning search

Related reading

• Southern Highlands vs Mountain's Edge: price per square foot, home age, HOA and taxes
• Moving to Henderson, NV in 2026: move-in costs, taxes and your first 90 days
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