Census-designated place · Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave Valley, Arizona

Mohave Valley is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, part of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area. It has 2,555 residents. Mohave Valley, Arizona has a quality-of-life score of 13 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,571 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arizona it ranks #143 of 207 cities and towns. It ranks best on median Air Quality Index (low), effective property tax rate (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), suicide rate (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (low).

13Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,571 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arizona: #143 of 207 in AZ
Population: 2,555 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 182.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 0447400

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety18#12,784/15,637
Economy22#12,205/15,631
Housing77#3,389/14,977
Health21#12,383/15,609
Healthcare10#14,137/15,650
Environment79#3,270/15,453
Education4#14,977/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,438/15,650
Community16#13,221/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,233/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mohave Valley, Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mohave County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low17
98/100Arizona 642025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMohave County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Arizona 0.48%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
97/100Arizona 6.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMohave County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,885 /100k
87/100Arizona 2,070 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.380
77/100Arizona 0.464United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Comfortable days · high29.7%
77/100Arizona 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMohave County value

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high159 /100k
2/100Arizona 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Suicide rate · high31.7 /100k
3/100Arizona 20.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low6.8%
3/100Arizona 33.3%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Food environment index · low6.0
4/100Arizona 6.8United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMohave County value
Drug overdose deaths · high37.6 /100k
4/100Arizona 35.9 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value
Firearm deaths · high26.4 /100k
4/100Arizona 18.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMohave County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateWorsening
7.3% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,333 (2015-2019) → $60,134 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
7.5% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.7% (2015-2019) → 84.5% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
13.8% (2015-2019) → 19.3% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.6% (2015-2019) → 88.2% (2020-2024)
−5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mohave Valley, Arizona improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Mohave Valley, Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.0 min2015-2019	27.5 min2020-2024	+5.5 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	78.7%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	93.6%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.3802020-2024	−0.022	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$43,3332015-2019	$60,1342020-2024	+39%	Within the margin of error	72%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	8.2%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.5%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mohave Valley, Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mohave Valley, Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mohave Valley, Arizona itself moved −9.6 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,555 residents (±468)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+9.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,555 residents (±468)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

White80%2,032
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino17%†423
Asian0.4%†10
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%†10
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.1%†80

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (−8.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,024 residents (±294)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

No high school diploma12%†238
High school or GED49%999
Some college27%551
Associate degree4.9%†99
Bachelor's degree2.5%†50
Graduate degree4.3%†87

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+15.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,187 households (±159)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $25k15%†176
$25k–50k21%†246
$50k–75k26%†305
$75k–100k16%†190
$100k–150k15%†174
$150k–200k3.9%†46
$200k or more4.2%†50

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,187 households (±159)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Own83%991
Rent17%†196

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

196 households (±94)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $75027%†52
$750–1,00011%†22
$1,000–1,50037%†73

Home values

991 homes (±177)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under $150k17%†166
$150k–250k32%†313
$250k–400k29%†292

Age of homes

1,370 homes (±199)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

2010 or later7.4%†101
2000–200936%†500
1980–199930%414

Size of homes

1,370 homes (±199)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.2%†17
2 bedrooms26%†358

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

930 workers (±221)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Drive alone74%688
Carpool16%†150
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.2%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.7%†72
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−16.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

858 workers (±225)

Mohave Valley, Arizona
Arizona share

Under 15 min33%†285
15–29 min37%†317
30–44 min12%†102

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Mohave County, the county holding most of Mohave Valley's residents.

Mohave County has 4,305 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Arizona's), with 48,246 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,037. The Census Bureau also counts 14,530 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,305; 14,530 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Arizona 219
Paid employees: 48,246
Average annual pay: $45,037; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mohave County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	476	21.3	1.38×More than typical	3,265	$51,153	1,195
Ambulatory health care services	407	18.2	0.87×About typical	4,123	$58,760	534
Restaurants and other eating places	346	15.5	0.84×About typical	6,301	$24,113	70
Lessors of real estate	253	11.3	0.92×About typical	436	$46,252	1,879
Construction of buildings	172	7.7	1.02×About typical	818	$53,241	654
Building equipment contractors	171	7.6	1.27×More than typical	1,144	$58,317	229
Full-service restaurants	155	6.9	0.90×About typical	3,039	$26,655	27
Limited-service restaurants	147	6.6	0.82×About typical	2,737	$21,807	29
Offices of physicians	136	6.1	0.94×About typical	1,010	$78,133	84
Real estate agents and brokers	136	6.1	1.25×About typical	147	$61,347	795
Services to buildings and dwellings	136	6.1	0.90×About typical	737	$35,445	1,089
Automotive repair and maintenance	135	6	1.20×About typical	773	$40,508	387

Rank places for an industry Open Mohave County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 223,586 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$0.22 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mohave Valley, Arizona: -$0.00 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: -$0.22; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.00; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC-$0.220.0%

Spending by fiscal year

708FY2017
51.1FY2018
2.8KFY2019
-686.7FY2020
-4.6FY2023
5.3KFY2025
-0.2FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Mohave Valley, Arizona, so they do not add up across cities.

Mohave Valley, Arizona's figures are part of those of Mohave County, AZ ($9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mohave Valley is mostly in Mohave County.

See federal money in Mohave County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mohave Valley, Arizona is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).