Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County has a population of 220,517 and has grown 7.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $281,000, about 4.9 times the county's median household income of $57,684.

Home price
$281,000
Income
$57,684
Population
220,517
Unemployment
7.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$281,000county
Median gross rent$1,091county
Median year homes here were built1995county
Share of homes built before 198019.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile25.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,553county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,365county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,060county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,897county
Home insurance / yr$2,344(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.7(statewide)
Median household income$57,684county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate16.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.1%county
Unemployment rate7.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force44.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.6%county
Share of workers employed by government15.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.8%county
Economic output per resident$42,997county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.44%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service70 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport29597county
Miles to nearest general aviation field17 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here8county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station16 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths45.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher15.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.1%county
Public schools in the county59county
Public school enrollment22495county
Students per full-time teacher22.7county
Elementary schools35county
Middle schools6county
High schools14county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution76 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians53county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population220,517county
Land area in square miles13,332county
People per square mile of land16.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores19county
Convenience stores18county
Share living far from a food store24.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract21.7%county
Population change since 2020+7.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-10county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age53.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over32.6%county
Share of households that are one person31.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.1%county
Second languages9.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls25.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents76county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents18county
Households that moved in7,056county
Households that moved away5,287county
Average income of arriving households$68,053county
Average income of departing households$55,909county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes15county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,817county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings6.1%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature65.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation8.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.75 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F100 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing22 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days207 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$148county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh11.5¢county
Household electricity use1,034 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity58.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas32.4%county
Homes heated by propane5.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.5%county
Households with broadband88.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk97.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.8county
Landslide risk67.0county
Hail risk51.1county
Earthquake risk87.1county
Tornado risk3.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk98.6county
Winter weather risk91.4county
Strong wind risk71.2county
Wildfire risk98.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Mohave County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arizona figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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