Kingman vs Lake Havasu City

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

Kingman 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 33,850 in Kingman). Lake Havasu City has the higher median household income ($66,264 vs $60,418 in Kingman). Lake Havasu City has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $242,700 in Kingman).

Population, income & housing

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
Population	33,850	58,037
Median age	44.2 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,418	$66,264
Median home value	$242,700	$411,500
Median gross rent	$990	$1,269
Housing units	15,660	35,294
Homeownership rate	67.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
Population	29,726 → 33,850 (+13.9%)	54,495 → 58,037 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$49,029 → $60,418 (+23.2%)	$53,605 → $66,264 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $242,700 (+58.7%)	$248,200 → $411,500 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $990 (+13.1%)	$920 → $1,269 (+37.9%)

Kingman

Population

29,72633,850

Median household income

$49,029$60,418

Median home value

$152,900$242,700

Median gross rent

$875$990

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)

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	20.5%
75 and over	13.6%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	79.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
Drove alone	80.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
1-unit, detached	77.4%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingman	Lake Havasu City
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1995	1994