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Mohave Valley is a small town of 2,555 people in Mohave County, Arizona. It's about 32 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 100 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 111°F and winter highs 67°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $257k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,555people
$257kTypical home
$1,299/moRent
111° / 67°Summer / winter
0"Snow
330Sunny days
22Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,555
- Part of a metro area
- About 182 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 32 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $257k (≈$1,620/mo)
- Median rent $1,299/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 111°F
- Winter highs around 67°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 330 sunny days a year (217 totally clear)
- 35 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 22 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 125 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 48
- 22% of households have kids
- 37% are 65 or older
- 8% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to HII airport
- 88 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 35 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 476 ft
- 200 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 115 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 51 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
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 89 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 33 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