Best Small Places for Business and Careers 2019

Lake Havasu City, AZ

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
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Lake Havasu City, AZ

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
gross metro product
$5.4B
population
209.5K
median household income
$42,804
median home price
$203,000
cost of living
6% below nat'l avg
college attainment
13.5%
net migration
880 (year: 2018)
unemployment
6.1%
major industries
Tourism
job growth
3.1% (year: 2018)
As of October 2019
Lake Havasu City is the location of a campus of Mohave Community. The city, located on Lake Havasu, is a popular tourist destination. The city is home to the International World Jet Ski Final Races, multiple professional fishing tournaments, custom boat regattas, Western Winter Blast pyrotechnics convention, Havasu 95 Speedway, Havasu Triathlon, and Havasu Half Marathon. Another tourist attraction is the London Bridge, which crosses a man-made canal that leads from Lake Havasu on the Colorado River to Thompson Bay. The
London Bridge is the second most visited tourist attraction in Arizona, behind only the Grand Canyon.
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On forbes lists
#160
In Cost of Doing Business
#26
In Job Growth
#200
In Education
By The Numbers
EmploymentHousingEducationQuality of Life
Job Growth
3.1% (year: 2018)
Projected Annual Job Growth
1%
Unemployment
6.1%
Median Household Income
$42,804
Household Income Growth
2.6%
High-Tech Employment
0.3%
  • Data is for the metro area
  • Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
  • Numbers as of October 2019


  • a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.

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