Desert Hills, Arizona

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Population in July 2007: 2,724.

Males: 1,360	(49.9%)
Females: 1,364	(50.1%)

Median resident age:	52.0 years
Arizona median age:	34.2 years

Zip codes: 86404.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,800 (it was $26,678 in 2000)

Desert Hills	$33,800
Arizona:	$49,889

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $337,700 (it was $157,300 in 2000)

Desert Hills	$337,700
Arizona:	$237,700

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Races in Desert Hills:

White Non-Hispanic (89.0%)
Hispanic (9.3%)
Other race (4.4%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
American Indian (1.0%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Desert Hills: 84.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (26.2%), English (19.5%), Irish (12.4%), French (5.8%), United States (3.7%), Italian (3.4%).

Current Local Time: MST (no DST) time zone

Elevation: 542 feet

Land area: 4.71 square miles.

Population density: 579 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Desert Hills

High school or higher: 79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
Unemployed: 10.2%
Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Desert Hills CDP

Never married: 12.8%
Now married: 62.7%
Separated: 3.7%
Widowed: 9.0%
Divorced: 11.8%

86 residents are foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 0.8% North America, 0.6% Africa, 0.4% Oceania).

This place:	3.9%
Arizona:	12.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Desert Hills:	0.5% ($844)
Arizona:	0.8% ($962)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Henderson, NV (112.0 miles , pop. 175,381).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (128.2 miles , pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (172.4 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Lake Havasu City, AZ (5.6 miles ), Parker Strip, AZ (25.5 miles ), Arizona Village, AZ (25.9 miles ), Needles, CA (26.2 miles ), Bluewater, CA (26.6 miles ), Bluewater, AZ (27.1 miles ), Parker, AZ (28.4 miles ), Big River, CA (28.6 miles ).

Latitude: 34.55 N, Longitude: 114.37 W

Desert Hills household income distribution

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Most common industries for males:

Construction (16%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (21%)
Health care (15%)
Construction (11%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
Carpenters (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (19%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Business operations specialists (4%)

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Average climate in Desert Hills, Arizona

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Hospitals/medical centers near Desert Hills:

HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ)
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA (about 28 miles; FONTANA, CA)
LA PAZ REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; PARKER, AZ)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Desert Hills:

LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD INTERNATIONAL (about 44 miles; BULLHEAD CITY, AZ; ID: IFP)
KINGMAN (about 57 miles; KINGMAN, AZ; ID: IGM)
MC CARRAN INTL (about 118 miles; LAS VEGAS, NV; ID: LAS)

Other public-use airports nearest to Desert Hills:

LAKE HAVASU CITY (about 2 miles; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; ID: HII)
CHEMEHUEVI VALLEY (about 5 miles; CHEMEHUEVI VALLEY, CA; ID: 49X)
NEEDLES (about 23 miles; NEEDLES, CA; ID: EED)

Amtrak station near Desert Hills:

7 miles: LAKE HAVASU CITY (RAMADA INN, 271 S. LAKE HAVASU AVE.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, call for car rental service, taxi stand.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Desert Hills:

MOHAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; KINGMAN, AZ; Full-time enrollment: 2,405)
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-LAS VEGAS (about 104 miles; LAS VEGAS, NV; FT enrollment: 15,686)
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY (about 113 miles; LOMA LINDA, CA; FT enrollment: 2,761)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA (about 126 miles; LAS VEGAS, NV; FT enrollment: 13,686)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE (about 129 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA; FT enrollment: 12,213)
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 129 miles; RIVERSIDE, CA; FT enrollment: 10,798)
YAVAPAI COLLEGE (about 133 miles; PRESCOTT, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,415)

Public elementary/middle school in Desert Hills:

Desert Mountain Middle School (Students: 990; Location: 35959 N. 7th Avenue)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
Arizona:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	68.0%
Whole state:	67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.5%
Whole state:	6.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	14.1%
Whole state:	13.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	8.7%
Whole state:	6.2%

Desert Hills compared to Arizona state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

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Desert Hills mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Mohave County Arizona:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

11.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,826 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.26%
Arizona average:	8.20%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($146 average AGI)
Mohave County: 0.06%
Arizona average: 0.18%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Clark County, NV	1.13% ($37,636 average AGI)
from Los Angeles County, CA	1.00% ($49,169)
from San Bernardino County, CA	0.89% ($40,931)

7.89% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,888 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.89%
Arizona average:	5.96%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($134 average AGI)
Mohave County: 0.04%
Arizona average: 0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Clark County, NV	0.92% ($33,362 average AGI)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.67% ($37,706)
to San Bernardino County, CA	0.36% ($29,662)

Strongest AM radio stations in Desert Hills:

KNTR (980 AM; 1 kW; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: STEVEN M. GREELEY)
KDWN (720 AM; 50 kW; LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: RADIO NEVADA CORP.)
KXNT (840 AM; 50 kW; NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KLPZ (1380 AM; 3 kW; PARKER, AZ; Owner: KEITH DOUGLAS LEARN)
KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
KPXQ (1360 AM; 50 kW; GLENDALE, AZ; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
KFMB (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN DIEGO, CA; Owner: MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC.)
KLAC (570 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
KPLS (830 AM; 50 kW; ORANGE, CA; Owner: CRN LICENSES, LLC)
KFI (640 AM; 50 kW; LOS ANGELES, CA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KTOX (1340 AM; 1 kW; NEEDLES, CA; Owner: CREATIVE BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC.)
KLSQ (870 AM; 10 kW; WHITNEY, NV; Owner: KLSQ-AM LICENSE CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Desert Hills:

KRRK (101.1 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: SMOKE AND MIRRORS, LLC)
K263AI (100.5 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: DONALD F. HENDREN)
KRCY-FM (96.7 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: RICK L. MURPHY)
KZUL-FM (104.5 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MAD DOG WIRELESS, INC.)
KJJJ (102.3 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: STEVEN M. GREELEY)
KFLG-FM (94.7 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: CAMERON BROADCASTING, INC.)
K256AA (99.1 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: CAROL L. VINE DBA VINE COMMUNICATNS)
K264AB (100.7 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: CAROL L. VINE DBA VINE COMMUNICATNS)
K268AC (101.5 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: CAROL L. VINE DBA VINE COMMUNICATNS)
KNLB (91.1 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
KNKK (107.1 FM; NEEDLES, CA; Owner: CAMERON BROADCASTING, INC.)
KADD (93.5 FM; LAUGHLIN, NV; Owner: M&M BROADCASTING LLC)
K246AE (97.1 FM; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: CAROL L. VINE D/B/A VINE COMMUNCTNS)
K242AQ (96.3 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: DONALD F. HENDREN)
KRRN (92.7 FM; DOLAN SPRINGS, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
K224BV (92.7 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: RICHARD R. FULKERSON)
K280EH (103.9 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: JANE G. BREDER)
KGMN (100.1 FM; KINGMAN, AZ; Owner: NEW WEST BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
KLUK (97.9 FM; NEEDLES, CA; Owner: CAMERON BROADCASTING, INC.)
K240CL (95.9 FM; BULLHEAD CITY, AZ; Owner: CAMERON BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Desert Hills:

KLHU-CA (Channel 45; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: TV 45 PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
K25AL (Channel 25; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: LAKE HAVASU CHRISTIAN TELEVISION)
K23BJ (Channel 23; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: TRI-STATE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
K52AX (Channel 52; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K17DA (Channel 17; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: KAZT, L.L.C.)
K21EA (Channel 21; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K43GJ (Channel 43; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K46GI (Channel 46; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K47FQ (Channel 64; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K58BJ (Channel 58; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K56BU (Channel 56; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS)
K15CR (Channel 15; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
K36DU (Channel 36; LAKE HAVASU CITY, ET, AZ; Owner: RICHARD D. TATHAM)
K27EC (Channel 27; LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ; Owner: LAKE HAVASU CHRISTIAN TELEVISION)

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