Best PlacesFort Mohave, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Mohave, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Mohave ranks 22,022nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Mohave
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fort Mohave's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Mohave ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 219 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
Where Fort Mohave ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Mohave
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Mohave home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $64,730; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fort Mohave's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Mohave
Fort Mohave runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Mohave.
Who works in Fort Mohave, and how
Work in Fort Mohave centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fort Mohave
Fort Mohave has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Mohave and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Mohave, month by month
Fort Mohave sees roughly 219 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 111 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 47° |
| April | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| July | 111° | 100° | 87° |
| October | 89° | 77° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Fort Mohave
The nearest airport, Boulder City Municipal, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Mohave
Schools across Fort Mohave average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Young Scholars AcademyB · 47% proficient
- Desert Star AcademyC · 35% proficient
- Camp Mohave Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mohave Valley Junior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- White Cliffs Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Fox Creek Jr High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee Williams High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Mohave High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Academy Of Building IndustriesF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Mohave school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Mohave measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fort Mohave against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Mohave
Is Fort Mohave a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Mohave ranks 22,022nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Mohave expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,622. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $64,730 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Fort Mohave safe?
Yes, Fort Mohave is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Mohave with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Mohave. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Mohave represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fort Mohave detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Mohave: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Mohave: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Mohave: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Mohave: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Mohave detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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