Fort Mohave vs Golden Valley

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

Fort Mohave and Golden Valley 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 7,999 in Golden Valley). Fort Mohave has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $43,940 in Golden Valley). Fort Mohave has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $153,000 in Golden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
Population	15,716	7,999
Median age	59.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$43,940
Median home value	$274,600	$153,000
Median gross rent	$968	$1,156
Housing units	7,840	4,515
Homeownership rate	85.9%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
Population	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)	9,079 → 7,999 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)	$38,955 → $43,940 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)	$81,600 → $153,000 (+87.5%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)	$753 → $1,156 (+53.5%)

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

Golden Valley

Population

9,0797,999

Median household income

$38,955$43,940

Median home value

$81,600$153,000

Median gross rent

$753$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
Under 5	2.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	3.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.7%
65 to 74	25.2%	18.5%
75 and over	12.3%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.5%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	13.1%	26.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
Drove alone	79.7%	55.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	30.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	8.8%
Other means	4.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	70.6%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	61.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mohave	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	14.2%	22.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	2000	1999