Bullhead City vs Fort Mohave

A side-by-side comparison of Bullhead City and Fort Mohave: population, income, housing, and more.

Bullhead City and Fort Mohave are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bullhead City has the higher population (42,193 vs 15,716 in Fort Mohave). Fort Mohave has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $47,717 in Bullhead City). Fort Mohave has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $196,900 in Bullhead City).

Population, income & housing

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
Population	42,193	15,716
Median age	53.7 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,717	$65,417
Median home value	$196,900	$274,600
Median gross rent	$1,034	$968
Housing units	24,515	7,840
Homeownership rate	67.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
Population	40,252 → 42,193 (+4.8%)	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$41,507 → $47,717 (+15.0%)	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $196,900 (+40.3%)	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,034 (+31.9%)	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)

Bullhead City

Population

40,25242,193

Median household income

$41,507$47,717

Median home value

$140,300$196,900

Median gross rent

$784$1,034

Fort Mohave

Population

15,59315,716

Median household income

$50,931$65,417

Median home value

$163,200$274,600

Median gross rent

$916$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
Under 5	4.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	18.8%	25.2%
75 and over	13.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	73.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
No high school diploma	13.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
Drove alone	78.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.6%
Other means	4.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
1-unit, detached	50.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Bullhead City	Fort Mohave
Poverty rate	20.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1991	2000