City safety & data profile
Lake Havasu CityAZ
Lake Havasu City, AZ is a 54K-resident city in Mohave County with a median household income of $70,148.
Mohave County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lake Havasu City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lake Havasu City has a population larger than 81% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $455,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 54K
- Population (place)
- Top 19%
- By size
- $70,148
- Median income (place)
- $455,400
- Median home (place)
- 14.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lake Havasu City area.
- Bottom 38%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Lake Havasu City
Composite score · Lake Havasu City, AZ
28/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Lake Havasu City stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Lake Havasu City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$70,148 Bottom 37% higher than 37% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: AZ
66 AZ places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
1,650,070 residents
- Tucson 542,629
Tucson, AZ
542,629 residents
- Mesa 471,825
Mesa, AZ
471,825 residents
- Chandler 260,828
Chandler, AZ
260,828 residents
- Gilbert 247,542
Gilbert, AZ
247,542 residents
- Glendale 240,126
Glendale, AZ
240,126 residents
- Scottsdale 236,839
Scottsdale, AZ
236,839 residents
- Peoria 190,985
Peoria, AZ
190,985 residents
- Tempe 175,826
Tempe, AZ
175,826 residents
- Surprise 143,148
Surprise, AZ
143,148 residents
What this shows Phoenix tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Paradise Valley instead.
Top earners by city in AZ
The same 66-city AZ pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley, AZ
$247,159 median
- Queen Creek
Queen Creek, AZ
$141,978 median
- New River
New River, AZ
$134,289 median
- Vail
Vail, AZ
$130,904 median
- Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
$122,551 median
- Tanque Verde
Tanque Verde, AZ
$121,599 median
- Anthem
Anthem, AZ
$120,613 median
- Catalina Foothills
Catalina Foothills, AZ
$115,304 median
- Fountain Hills
Fountain Hills, AZ
$112,654 median
- Marana
Marana, AZ
$112,606 median
What this shows Income honors go to Paradise Valley here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Phoenix.
The quick read
Reading Lake Havasu City, AZ beyond the headline numbers
Lake Havasu City sits inside Mohave County, Arizona, at roughly 34.48°N, -114.32°W. Population 53,553, $70,148 median household income. Median home value $455,400, median rent $1,320. Poverty rate 14.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Lake Havasu City, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 74.2°F annual average, 4.3" precipitation.
At 56.1 years, Lake Havasu City's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.4% in Lake Havasu City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Lake Havasu City costs around 6.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
18.5% of Lake Havasu City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Lake Havasu City, AZ stands at 14.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Remote work covers 9.7% of Lake Havasu City workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Median rent in Lake Havasu City, AZ runs $1,320/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Lake Havasu City sits at 5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lake Havasu City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Mohave County): Lake Havasu City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
Lake Havasu City's median household income of $70,148 runs 22% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median rent also diverges: $1,320/mo, 14% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.1% +14% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 18.5% |
| Work From Home | 9.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
Population Snapshot
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20245.9% below national average
Metro area: Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $634K across 18 flood insurance claims filed in Mohave County.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Lake Havasu City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lake Havasu City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet AZ-LAKE-HAVASU-CITY · Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lake Havasu City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lake Havasu City, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (14.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($70,148 here).
Compare Lake Havasu City with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
Turning this into a research checklist
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Mohave County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.