Bullhead City vs Lake Havasu City

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

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

Lake Havasu City has the higher population (58,037 vs 42,193 in Bullhead City). Lake Havasu City has the higher median household income ($66,264 vs $47,717 in Bullhead City). Lake Havasu City has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $196,900 in Bullhead City).

Population, income & housing

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
Population	42,193	58,037
Median age	53.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,717	$66,264
Median home value	$196,900	$411,500
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,269
Housing units	24,515	35,294
Homeownership rate	67.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
Population	40,252 → 42,193 (+4.8%)	54,495 → 58,037 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$41,507 → $47,717 (+15.0%)	$53,605 → $66,264 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $196,900 (+40.3%)	$248,200 → $411,500 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,034 (+31.9%)	$920 → $1,269 (+37.9%)

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

Lake Havasu City

Population

54,49558,037

Median household income

$53,605$66,264

Median home value

$248,200$411,500

Median gross rent

$920$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	20.5%
75 and over	13.4%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	79.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
Drove alone	78.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.3%
Other means	4.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
1-unit, detached	50.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bullhead City	Lake Havasu City
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1991	1994