HousingPermits

Metro area in Arizona

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

The Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area authorized 1,817 new housing units in 2025. The housing bust cut annual permits by 95%, from 4,121 at the 2004–2006 high to 196 in 2011, the tenth-deepest drop among the 387 US metro areas. Relative to population, the rate was 9.2 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, the highest rate of the 7 metro areas based in Arizona.

01,5003,0004,5006,0002004: 4,121 units (3,838 single-family, 200 in 2–4 unit, 83 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 4,011 units (3,879 single-family, 102 in 2–4 unit, 30 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 2,692 units (2,265 single-family, 282 in 2–4 unit, 145 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,223 units (1,127 single-family, 50 in 2–4 unit, 46 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 556 units (455 single-family, 57 in 2–4 unit, 44 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 267 units (261 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 262 units (214 single-family, 48 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 196 units (194 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 345 units (323 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 464 units (454 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 535 units (521 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 636 units (626 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 683 units (657 single-family, 26 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 913 units (889 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 1,018 units (945 single-family, 73 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 1,111 units (1,049 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,403 units (1,288 single-family, 115 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 1,637 units (1,541 single-family, 86 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 2,079 units (1,962 single-family, 117 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 2,241 units (2,086 single-family, 69 in 2–4 unit, 86 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 2,543 units (2,459 single-family, 51 in 2–4 unit, 33 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,817 units (1,706 single-family, 47 in 2–4 unit, 64 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252004 high · 4,1212011 low · 19601,5003,0004,5002004: 4,121 units (3,838 single-family, 200 in 2–4 unit, 83 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 4,011 units (3,879 single-family, 102 in 2–4 unit, 30 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 2,692 units (2,265 single-family, 282 in 2–4 unit, 145 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,223 units (1,127 single-family, 50 in 2–4 unit, 46 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 556 units (455 single-family, 57 in 2–4 unit, 44 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 267 units (261 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 262 units (214 single-family, 48 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 196 units (194 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 345 units (323 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 464 units (454 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 535 units (521 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 636 units (626 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 683 units (657 single-family, 26 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 913 units (889 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 1,018 units (945 single-family, 73 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 1,111 units (1,049 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,403 units (1,288 single-family, 115 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 1,637 units (1,541 single-family, 86 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 2,079 units (1,962 single-family, 117 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 2,241 units (2,086 single-family, 69 in 2–4 unit, 86 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 2,543 units (2,459 single-family, 51 in 2–4 unit, 33 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,817 units (1,706 single-family, 47 in 2–4 unit, 64 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252004 high · 4,121

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Permits fell 28% between 2024 and 2025, the steepest decline among the 7 metro areas based in Arizona.

Houses or apartments

In Lake Havasu City, 94% of the units authorized in 2021–2025 were single-family houses and 1.9% were in buildings of five or more units, against 34% nationally. The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Hinesville (1.9% in five-plus buildings).

2021–202594.5%94%3.6%1.9%2004–200692.2%92%5.4%2.4%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202594.5%94%3.6%1.9%2004–200692.2%92%5.4%2.4%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Boom, bust and since

Lake Havasu City authorized the most units in 2004 (4,121); 2025 reached 44% of that. Its peak year is shared by 98 other metro areas, among them Charlottesville, Yuma, Barnstable Town. The 2021–2025 pace of 2,063 units a year is 43% below the 2004–2006 pace. Permits rose 13 years in a row up to 2024.

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 5 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Mohave County (unincorporated), with 5,644 units or 55% of the total, followed by Bullhead City with 1,706.

  • Mohave County (unincorporated)55% (5,644 units)
  • Bullhead City16% (1,706 units)
  • Lake Havasu City16% (1,604 units)
  • Kingman12% (1,191 units)
  • Colorado City town1.7% (172 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Las Cruces, NM8334.51.9%
Charlottesville, VA2,1356.834%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN4,0589.373%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ1,8179.21.9%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT1,2585.054%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Lake Havasu City beside Burlington, VT

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Arizona. Counting rules.