Kingman, Arizona.
Typical home $273,927 (+2.1% in a year), asking rent $1,446 (-0.6%). Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$781 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,538 +2%
- $268,389$273,927 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,301 +13%
- $242,626$273,927 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Kingman$1,438
- Arizona$2,187
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 29 years.
Typical home values in Kingman, AZ rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Kingman, AZ fell 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Kingman runs $385/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $479 in Oct 2022.
That is $1,832 a month against $1,446 rent: a $1,438 mortgage payment, plus $101 property tax and $293 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Kingman
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$1,832
- Renting$1,446
- Mortgage only$1,438
Property tax · $101/mo 0.44% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Mohave County, AZ
Insurance & upkeep · $293/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona
Kingman is a city of 32,689 people in Mohave County. Half its households earn more than $61,792 a year and half less, against $57,684 across Mohave County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Kingman was 5.9% in August 2026, and Mohave County had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Kingman is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, with a median age a little older than much of the country. Incomes run somewhat higher than across the county, and most homes are lived in by their owners rather than rented. Winters are cool, with the coldest weather in December, and summers are hot, peaking in July. Little rain or snow falls in a year, so the climate is dry.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in government, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the biggest workplaces in Kingman are Kingman Unified School District, Walmart and Mohave County. Commutes are short, and few people work from home. Unemployment is a little higher than it was a year ago, and Mohave County has slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. In or beside town, the Bonelli House is a museum, and the Mohave Museum of History and Arts is a short drive away. For time outdoors, Warm Springs Wilderness is a protected area a longer drive away, as is Mount Nutt Wilderness.
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- 15,206households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mohave County had 56,245 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 99° and lows near 70°. About 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kingman Mohave County Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kingman
- Kingman Unified School District (79598)School district752FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters543
- Mohave CountyPersonnel offices, government276
- Smiths Food And DrugSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores152
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores144
- The Lingenfelter CenterSkilled nursing facilities125
- Mohave CountySheriffs' offices120
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores114
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 35 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,906 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of KingmanRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kingman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Mohave County and the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro.
Kingman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kingman$273,927
- Arizona$416,733
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Kingman listings, and the typical home goes pending in 35 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Kingman29.18%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Kingman35
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kingman330
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kingman87
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Kingman$265,806
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Kingman97.62%
Zip codes with a Kingman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kingman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Kingman
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86409 | Kingman | 30,365 | $1,397 | $264,567 |
| 86401 | Kingman | 30,124 | $1,453 | $287,111 |