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Laughlin is a big small town of 8,789 people in Clark County, Nevada. It's about 48 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 84 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 110°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $284k and rent runs about $1k a month.
8,789people
$284kTypical home
$1,112/moRent
110° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
19Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,789
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 538 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 48 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $284k (≈$1,789/mo)
- Median rent $1,112/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 110°F
- Winter highs around 64°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
- 19 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 128 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (277 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,498 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 17% of households have kids
- 36% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 13% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to HII airport
- 72 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 45% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 755 ft
- 207 mi to the ocean
- 15 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 100 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 49 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 12 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Nevada districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 73 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 49 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clark County: D+3 in 2024
- Nevada: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk