Living in Country around Yucca, AZ
Country around Yucca is a rural area of about 784 people in Mohave County, Arizona, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 22 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 129 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 102°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $299k and rent runs about $1k a month.
784people
$299kTypical home
$1,091/moRent
102° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
27Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 784 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 129 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 22 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $299k (≈$1,884/mo)
- Median rent $1,091/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 102°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (208 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 18 of 90 winter days are gray
- 27 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 98 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (268 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,699 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 65
- 10% of households have kids
- 45% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to HII airport
- 117 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 35 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,415 ft
- 197 mi to the ocean
- 24 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 119 mi to the nearest ski area
- 22 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 60 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 23 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 112 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Mohave County: R+56 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.