Desert Hills vs Fort Mohave

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

Desert Hills 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 2,910 in Desert Hills). Desert Hills has the higher median household income ($68,523 vs $65,417 in Fort Mohave). Fort Mohave has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $239,200 in Desert Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
Population	2,910	15,716
Median age	64.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$65,417
Median home value	$239,200	$274,600
Median gross rent	—	$968
Housing units	2,197	7,840
Homeownership rate	87.7%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)

Desert Hills

Population

2,6162,910

Median household income

$50,769$68,523

Median home value

$167,800$239,200

Median gross rent

$736$666

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)

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
Under 5	0.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	29.1%	25.2%
75 and over	18.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
No high school diploma	8.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
Drove alone	54.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.7%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
1-unit, detached	47.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	Fort Mohave
Poverty rate	5.0%	14.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	2000	2000