Bullhead City vs Golden Valley

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

Bullhead City and Golden Valley 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 7,999 in Golden Valley). Bullhead City has the higher median household income ($47,717 vs $43,940 in Golden Valley). Bullhead City has the higher median home value ($196,900 vs $153,000 in Golden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
Population	42,193	7,999
Median age	53.7 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,717	$43,940
Median home value	$196,900	$153,000
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,156
Housing units	24,515	4,515
Homeownership rate	67.6%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
Population	40,252 → 42,193 (+4.8%)	9,079 → 7,999 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$41,507 → $47,717 (+15.0%)	$38,955 → $43,940 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $196,900 (+40.3%)	$81,600 → $153,000 (+87.5%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,034 (+31.9%)	$753 → $1,156 (+53.5%)

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

Golden Valley

Population

9,0797,999

Median household income

$38,955$43,940

Median home value

$81,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$753$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
Under 5	4.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	6.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	7.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	18.5%
75 and over	13.4%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	76.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	13.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
Drove alone	78.3%	55.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	30.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.8%
Other means	4.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	50.9%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	61.4%

Poverty & households

	Bullhead City	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	20.4%	22.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1991	1999