Colorado City vs Fort Mohave

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

Colorado 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.

Fort Mohave has the higher population (15,716 vs 2,598 in Colorado City). Colorado City has the higher median household income ($75,234 vs $65,417 in Fort Mohave). Since 2019, Fort Mohave's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
Population	2,598	15,716
Median age	20.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$65,417
Median home value	—	$274,600
Median gross rent	—	$968
Housing units	493	7,840
Homeownership rate	52.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)
Median home value	—	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

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)

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
Under 5	4.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	36.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	1.0%	25.2%
75 and over	0.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
No high school diploma	30.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
Drove alone	59.7%	79.7%
Carpooled	26.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
1-unit, detached	85.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Fort Mohave
Poverty rate	29.4%	14.2%
Average household size	5.89	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1993	2000