Fort Mohave vs Lake Havasu City

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

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

Lake Havasu City has the higher population (58,037 vs 15,716 in Fort Mohave). Lake Havasu City has the higher median household income ($66,264 vs $65,417 in Fort Mohave). Lake Havasu City has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $274,600 in Fort Mohave).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
Population	15,716	58,037
Median age	59.8 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$66,264
Median home value	$274,600	$411,500
Median gross rent	$968	$1,269
Housing units	7,840	35,294
Homeownership rate	85.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
Population	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)	54,495 → 58,037 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)	$53,605 → $66,264 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)	$248,200 → $411,500 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)	$920 → $1,269 (+37.9%)

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

Lake Havasu City

Population

54,49558,037

Median household income

$53,605$66,264

Median home value

$248,200$411,500

Median gross rent

$920$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
Under 5	2.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	25.2%	20.5%
75 and over	12.3%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	3.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
Drove alone	79.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.6%	8.3%
Other means	4.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
1-unit, detached	70.6%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mohave	Lake Havasu City
Poverty rate	14.2%	13.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	2000	1994