Fort Mohave vs Mohave Valley

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

Fort Mohave and Mohave 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 2,585 in Mohave Valley). Mohave Valley has the higher median household income ($77,547 vs $65,417 in Fort Mohave). Fort Mohave has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $236,900 in Mohave Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
Population	15,716	2,585
Median age	59.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$77,547
Median home value	$274,600	$236,900
Median gross rent	$968	$1,663
Housing units	7,840	1,294
Homeownership rate	85.9%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
Population	15,593 → 15,716 (+0.8%)	2,675 → 2,585 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$50,931 → $65,417 (+28.4%)	$43,333 → $77,547 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $274,600 (+68.3%)	$165,700 → $236,900 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $968 (+5.7%)	$544 → $1,663 (+205.7%)

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

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)

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
Under 5	2.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	19.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	25.2%	17.1%
75 and over	12.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
No high school diploma	13.1%	15.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
Drove alone	79.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
1-unit, detached	70.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Mohave	Mohave Valley
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2000	1998