Desert Hills vs Mohave Valley

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

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

Desert Hills has the higher population (2,910 vs 2,585 in Mohave Valley). Mohave Valley has the higher median household income ($77,547 vs $68,523 in Desert Hills). Desert Hills has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $236,900 in Mohave Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
Population	2,910	2,585
Median age	64.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,523	$77,547
Median home value	$239,200	$236,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,663
Housing units	2,197	1,294
Homeownership rate	87.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
Population	2,616 → 2,910 (+11.2%)	2,675 → 2,585 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$50,769 → $68,523 (+35.0%)	$43,333 → $77,547 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $239,200 (+42.6%)	$165,700 → $236,900 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $666 (-9.5%)	$544 → $1,663 (+205.7%)

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

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)

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
Under 5	0.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	1.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	6.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	29.1%	17.1%
75 and over	18.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
Drove alone	54.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
1-unit, detached	47.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.1%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Desert Hills	Mohave Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	10.6%
Average household size	1.80	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	2000	1998