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Walnut Creek is a tiny town of 556 people in Mohave County, Arizona. It's about 45 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and 99 miles from Las Vegas, NV, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 101°F and winter highs 59°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $249k and rent runs about $1k a month.
556people
$249kTypical home
$1,091/moRent
101° / 59°Summer / winter
0"Snow
324Sunny days
33Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 556
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 362 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to Las Vegas, NV
- 45 mi to Lake Havasu City, AZ
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $249k (≈$1,568/mo)
- Median rent $1,091/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 101°F
- Winter highs around 59°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
- 33 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 67 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 61
- 13% of households have kids
- 40% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to HII airport
- 87 mi to LAS (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1999
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,776 ft
- 224 mi to the ocean
- 30 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 119 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 73 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 34 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Arizona districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 91 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 47 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.