Living in Peach Springs, AZ
Peach Springs is a small town of 1,234 people in Mohave County, Arizona. It's about 87 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 113 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 54°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $186k and rent runs about $658 a month.
1,234people
$186kTypical home
$658/moRent
94° / 54°Summer / winter
17"Snow
314Sunny days
44Rain/snow days
Is Peach Springs right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Small town of 1,234
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 156 people per sq mi
- 113 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 87 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $186k (≈$1,171/mo)
- Median rent $658/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 15.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 314 sunny days a year (185 totally clear)
- 51 cloudy days a year
- 21 of 90 winter days are gray
- 44 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 9 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year 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 21
- 50% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 78 mi to GCN airport
- 104 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,836 ft
- 263 mi to the ocean
- 24 mi to a big lake
- 39 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 98 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 82 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 34 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 34 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 94 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 39 mi to the nearest vet
- 39 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 83 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.