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Bullhead City

Mohave County · Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ · Arizona · 43,987 residents (2025 est.)

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Mohave County index 1976–2025
FHFA house price index for Mohave County, which contains Bullhead City, 1976 to 2025Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 823
Mohave County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Mohave County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.

Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

Bullhead City, Arizona (Mohave County), authorised 367 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, +46.8% on the previous 12 months.

349 of those units were single-family houses (95%), 18 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units. That is 8.3 units per 1,000 residents, well above the county's 4.3 and above the state's 6.2.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 8,959 units, with the busiest year 2004 (931 units). Mohave County's FHFA house price index rose +115.6% over the ten years to 2025.

367units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+46.8% on the previous 12 months
349single-family units95% of the total
0units in 5+ unit buildings0% of the total
8.3units per 1,000 residentsMohave County 4.3 · Arizona 6.2

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Bullhead City by month, latest 24 months0204060Sep 2024: 52 units (48 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 33 units (31 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 8 units (8 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 13 units (13 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 21 units (21 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 10 units (10 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 21 units (21 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 12 units (12 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 11 units (11 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 19 units (19 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 42 units (42 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 37 units (27 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 30 units (30 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 24 units (24 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 51 units (51 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 23 units (23 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 31 units (23 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 29 units (29 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 23 units (23 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 27 units (27 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Bullhead City by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Units, 12 months to August 2026Bullhead CityMohave CountyArizonaUnited States
All housing units36797447,2571,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)349 (95%)932 (96%)31,087 (66%)888,241 (63%)
2 units18421,18234,814
3–4 units0019017,298
5 or more units0 (0%)0 (0%)14,798 (31%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents8.34.36.24.1
Change on previous 12 months+46.8%−57.3%−7.4%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Bullhead City by year, 1995–202505001,0001995: 178 units (149 single-family, 29 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 165 units (156 single-family, 9 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 432 units (213 single-family, 219 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 398 units (310 single-family, 88 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 324 units (324 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 295 units (295 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 309 units (309 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 375 units (373 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 514 units (512 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 931 units (858 single-family, 73 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 853 units (810 single-family, 43 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 822 units (597 single-family, 225 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 254 units (252 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 155 units (113 single-family, 42 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 34 units (34 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 28 units (28 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 20 units (20 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 27 units (27 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 54 units (54 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 61 units (61 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 79 units (79 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 88 units (88 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 143 units (143 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 161 units (161 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 248 units (246 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 305 units (305 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 400 units (398 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 325 units (297 single-family, 28 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 293 units (211 single-family, 82 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 415 units (375 single-family, 40 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 273 units (263 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Bullhead City by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

8,959 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2004. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Mohave County

FHFA's index for Mohave County rose +115.6% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.0% a year) and +1.0% in the latest year, against +118.7% and +0.9% for Arizona. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.

Questions and answers

How many homes are being built in Bullhead City, AZ?

367 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 250 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Bullhead City?

349 single-family units, 18 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Bullhead City compare with its county and state?

8.3 units per 1,000 residents in Bullhead City, 4.3 in Mohave County and 6.2 in Arizona.

How have home prices moved in Mohave County?

FHFA's index for Mohave County rose +115.6% over the ten years to 2025 and +1.0% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.

What does a permit count?

A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.

Provenance

Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 029000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.