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Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Lake Havasu City profile


Living in Lake Havasu City



Lake Havasu City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 58,926 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Lake Havasu City is the 19th largest community in Arizona.

Lake Havasu City real estate is some of the most expensive in Arizona, although Lake Havasu City house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

A relatively large number of people in Lake Havasu City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lake Havasu City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lake Havasu City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.26 minutes getting to work every day.

The education level of Lake Havasu City citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.59% of adults 25 and older in Lake Havasu City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lake Havasu City in 2018 was $40,951, which is wealthy relative to Arizona, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,804 for a family of four. However, Lake Havasu City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Havasu City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Havasu City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Havasu City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lake Havasu City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Havasu City include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lake Havasu City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.