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Golden Valley is a big small town of 8,567 people in Mohave County, Arizona. It's about 49 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 92 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 102°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $176k and rent runs about $1k a month.
8,567people
$176kTypical home
$1,134/moRent
102° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
28Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,567
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 109 people per sq mi
- 92 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 49 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $176k (≈$1,110/mo)
- Median rent $1,134/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 102°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 324 sunny days a year (210 totally clear)
- 41 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 28 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 91 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 59
- 15% of households have kids
- 38% are 65 or older
- 6% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to HII airport
- 80 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 37% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1998
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,733 ft
- 227 mi to the ocean
- 23 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 111 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 59 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 83 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 51 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