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Desert Hills is a small town of 2,944 people in Mohave County, Arizona. It's about 5 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 127 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 109°F and winter highs 65°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $282k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,944people
$282kTypical home
$1,091/moRent
109° / 65°Summer / winter
0"Snow
330Sunny days
19Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,944
- Part of a metro area
- About 684 people per sq mi
- 127 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 5 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $282k (≈$1,776/mo)
- Median rent $1,091/mo
- Median household income $62k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 109°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 330 sunny days a year (217 totally clear)
- 35 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 19 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 127 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
- 11% of households have kids
- 46% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to HII airport
- 115 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 53% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 568 ft
- 182 mi to the ocean
- 0 mi to a big lake
- 45 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 132 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 69 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 116 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 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.