Colorado City vs Mohave Valley

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

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

Colorado City has the higher population (2,598 vs 2,585 in Mohave Valley). Mohave Valley has the higher median household income ($77,547 vs $75,234 in Colorado City). Since 2019, Mohave Valley's population has grown faster (-3.4% vs -46.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
Population	2,598	2,585
Median age	20.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,234	$77,547
Median home value	—	$236,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,663
Housing units	493	1,294
Homeownership rate	52.8%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
Population	4,836 → 2,598 (-46.3%)	2,675 → 2,585 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,234 (+55.7%)	$43,333 → $77,547 (+79.0%)
Median home value	—	$165,700 → $236,900 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,286 (+96.6%)	$544 → $1,663 (+205.7%)

Colorado City

Population

4,8362,598

Median household income

$48,333$75,234

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,286

Mohave Valley

Population

2,6752,585

Median household income

$43,333$77,547

Median home value

$165,700$236,900

Median gross rent

$544$1,663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	36.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	1.0%	17.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
No high school diploma	30.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
Drove alone	59.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	26.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
1-unit, detached	85.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Colorado City	Mohave Valley
Poverty rate	29.4%	10.6%
Average household size	5.89	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1993	1998