Lake Havasu City, AZ
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Lake Havasu City ranks 292nd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 271st for income. A household earns $60,952 a year while median rent runs $1,120/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 6% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (4th of 300), while education is the soft spot (300th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 102nd and home prices 155th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Lake Havasu City, your take-home is worth about $63,565 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 271st of 300↑21.5%$60,952
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 141st of 30094 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $64,775
- Per-capita income
- $39,756
- Full-time pay
- $40,408
Housing
- Median rent
- 102nd of 300↑28.3%$1,120/mo
- Home value
- 155th of 300↑66.9%$310,700
- Property tax
- $1,200/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 8.41%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 287th of 3007.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 300th of 30014.6%
- Avg commute
- 18th of 30019.7 min
People
- Population
- 226,479
- Population change
- +6.7%
- Median age
- 54.2 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 6.1%
- Broadband
- 90.2%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 4th of 30019
- Natural-hazard loss
- 219th of 300$17/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 205th of 30020.3%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 14.3%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Commute
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — kingman ap.
What jobs pay in Lake Havasu City
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Pharmacists
- $149,480
- IT managers
- $133,980
- Software developers
- $114,750
- Lawyers
- $107,620
- Financial managers
- $105,290
- Registered nurses
- $93,990
- Civil engineers
- $79,070
- General & operations managers
- $74,050
- Police officers
- $72,500
- Family medicine physicians
- $71,310
- Accountants & auditors
- $67,780
- Plumbers
- $58,520
- Electricians
- $54,220
- Secondary school teachers
- $49,350
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $48,060
- Carpenters
- $46,980
- Elementary school teachers
- $46,460
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $44,110
- Construction laborers
- $43,200
- Customer service reps
- $37,610
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,370
- Retail salespersons
- $34,610
- Janitors
- $34,460
- Cashiers
- $32,510
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Lake Havasu City metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Arizona are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California5,358
- Nevada1,002
- Washington875
- Minnesota785
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Lake Havasu City metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Lake Havasu City metro?
- Median gross rent across the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area is $1,120 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Lake Havasu City.
- What is the median household income in the Lake Havasu City metro?
- A typical household in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area earns $60,952 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Lake Havasu City expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area runs about 6% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Lake Havasu City metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $64,775 (versus its face value of $60,952). CityLedger rates the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Lake Havasu City metro?
- The median home value across the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area is $310,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Lake Havasu City metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area is 7.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).