I was offered a job at the hospital in Lake Havasu City, AZ. I’ve never been there before, so I don’t really know much about the area….except that it gets HOT (and I’m ok with that!) I’m flying out there in a couple weeks to check out the area as well as the hospital.
I’ve been trying to do some research on the internet to see what the areas like, but haven’t been finding too much.
I’m a single girl in my early 20′s, would be looking for an apartment hoping to spend under $800/month. Would I be able to find a nice place for that much?
I’ve heard good and bad about the city….just hoping someone can give me a little more information on the city itself! What is there to do there….Do most people live in LHC or are there smaller towns around the area as well….I know there are quite a few retirees, but are there at least a decent amount of people my age as well? (Come on, I’m a single girl!!!)
Anything you can tell me I would really appreciate the help!
Thanks so much! You’ve been a HUGE help! Know of any websites that have apartment listings? For some reason I’m having trouble finding apartments through google?! …and the few that I have came across do not have pictures and do not give much informtation. Thanks again!

This is a wonderful place to live. My girlfriend (35) just relocated here with her 3 kids. She has a 3 bedroom duplex in a nice area for $650 a month. You can find a lot of houses for the $650-$850 range. You can play in or on the water; you can play in the desert with ATVs. Working in the medical field should certainly be stable employment. Don’t buy the idea that it is only a retirement town. I generally leave in the summer, but used to spend year-round here. 115 is NOT that bad…You get used to it by the 2nd year. Try not to arrive with a black car and a black interior! If you can’t find things to do here, that would be your fault. Lots to do for EVERY age. Town is really kid friendly, altho folks your age coming to party here on the weekends (like there are no rules or laws here) do tend to write crap about LHC as they feel they are entitled to violate laws here. Those are the folks who write bad. I have lived here since 2002. Costs to BUY a house are incredibly low. What was $275k in 2006 is now $120k. Email me if you like.

To add a little more: Parker is about 30 miles to the south, and Kingman is about 60 miles to the north. There really wouldn’t be any attraction to those towns if you had a job in Havasu that lets you afford $800 a month rent. They are cheaper…but you’d lose it in time and gas. Flying, as you likely found out, is either to/from Phoenix or Las Vegas. About 150 mile trip. I prefer Vegas due to fares and ease of getting in and out of the airport. Phoenix traffic sux. Taxes in AZ are pretty low, too…both income and property taxes. Needles, CA (45 miles away) has no redeeming feature….dirty and expensive. Use 86403 as a zip code and you can see the grocery prices here. Milk varies thru the year and is high right now at $2.00 a gallon. Low last fall was $1.50-$1.67. Gas is currently $2.599…and you can get up to 15 cents off by buying from $30 to $90 worth of groceries.