Best PlacesMohave County, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Mohave County, 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.
Mohave County ranks 2,072nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on the weather and cell coverage. The weaker spots are summer heat, tree cover, and the cost of living against local pay.
The best neighborhoods in Mohave County
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.
The best areas in Mohave County
The parts of Mohave County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Yucca
Schools score higher, crime runs lower, and disaster risk is lower.
Lake Havasu City & Fort Mohave
More homes sit empty and prices have run up more.
Kingman & New Kingman-Butler
More households have young kids, though it is noisier.
Colorado City
Incomes run higher and local pay stretches further.
Bullhead City
Homes cost less, though fewer residents vote.
Golden Valley
Fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Mohave County run from about the 1st to the 75th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Mohave County's strengths and weaknesses
Mohave County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. The weather is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Cell coverage and low property taxes follow.
The one real hole is summer heat, near the bottom of the country. Tree cover and the cost of living against local pay also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Mohave County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 189 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of counties
- TransitBetter than 80% of counties
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 79% of counties
Where Mohave County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Mohave County
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mohave County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,928, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mohave County's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mohave County
Mohave County 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 Mohave County.
Who works in Mohave County, and how
Work in Mohave County centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mohave County
Mohave County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of counties and more parkland per resident than 68% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mohave County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Mohave County growing, and who is moving in?
Mohave County has grown about 11% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Phoenix, AZ.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Mohave County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Mohave County, month by month
Mohave County sees roughly 189 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 113 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 91° | 76° | 60° |
| July | 113° | 101° | 86° |
| October | 91° | 77° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Mohave County
The nearest airport, Grand Canyon West, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mohave County
Schools across Mohave County average a D+, better than 14% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mohave Accelerated Elementary School EastA− · 60% proficient
- Jamaica Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Starline Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunrise Ridge IntermediateA− · 57% proficient
- Lyon Mack MsB · 45% proficient
- Kingman Academy Of Learning - Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Moapa Valley HsB− · 43% proficient
- Boulder City HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Mohave Accelerated Learning CenterC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mohave County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mohave County 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 Mohave County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Mohave County suits
Families
Schools land around the 14th percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Common questions about living in Mohave County
Is Mohave County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mohave County ranks 2,072nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and low property taxes, 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 Mohave County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,322. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $61,928 median income, cost of living beats 12% of counties.
Is Mohave County safe?
Yes, Mohave County is safer than 60% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mohave County?
July highs average about 113 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 43. That works out to about 189 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Mohave County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Yucca, Lake Havasu City & Fort Mohave, and Kingman & New Kingman-Butler. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Mohave County good for families?
Schools beat 14% of counties, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $800 a month.
Is Mohave County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 12% of counties, though advertised internet speeds beat only 54% of counties. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Mohave County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mohave County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mohave County 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.
Mohave County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mohave County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mohave County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mohave County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mohave County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mohave County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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