Lake Montezuma is home to 4,929 people in Arizona. The median age is 61.5, about 23 years above the US median. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. Growth has run 47% since 2000, or 1,585 more people. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. Households here earn about 19% less than in Arizona as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,455, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 61.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 63%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lake Montezuma
What changed most since 1990
Population1,841 → 4,929(+168%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants83.6% → 65.2%(−18.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.3% → 16.4%(+3.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Lake Montezuma's population equals 2.0% of Yavapai County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)3.7%(27)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.7%(49)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era72.8%(530)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.2%(9)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 728 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lake Montezuma, decade by decade
Lake Montezuma population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,841
$51,001
$183,125
13.3%
12.8
2000
3,344
$61,481
$175,061
20.7%
26.0
2010
4,706
$58,228
$288,002
21.3%
45.7
2020
5,111
$50,637
$244,589
13.7%
54.4
2024
4,929
$64,455
$285,200
16.4%
29.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
