ChlorideAZ
A town of 75, settled in 1873.
Is Chloride a good place to live?
Chloride’s age of the median resident is 85.2 years, above both the Arizona town median (41.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Of the 141 Arizona towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Chloride. Chloride has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
75 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Chloride: who provides what
Chloride is unincorporated, so Mohave County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chloride.
Chloride has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire
FEMA puts 55% of Chloride’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 34% to inland flooding. Compared with 83% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chloride has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
In Chloride, just over a fifth of residents live below the poverty line, against 12% in Arizona’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Half the trips to work are shorter than 82 miles. The top destinations are Phoenix (18%), Las Vegas (13%) and Bullhead City (10%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Chloride
July afternoons reach 95° and January nights drop to 38°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Arizona and the rest of the country, more of Chloride’s adults have diabetes
In Chloride, 13% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Only 3 of the 141 Arizona towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Chloride. CDC measures, 32 in all: Chloride beats Arizona on 4 and trails on 16.
| Chloride | Arizona towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 36% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Chloride | AZ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.5% | 15.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 84.3% | 73.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 18.1% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Chloride is conserved land
Trails run 1.0 miles in 1 park or preserve. The concentration of trails for Chloride comes to 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chloride Community Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Mead National Recreation Area and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chloride. Close and well known come first.
18 mi National Recreation AreaLake Mead National Recreation Area6.1M visitors a year
40 mi Canyon & gorgeBlack Canyon of the Colorado
17 mi MuseumBonelli House
17 mi MuseumMohave Museum of History and ArtsPhoto credits
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Andrew Cattoir, Public domain · Black Canyon of the Colorado: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · Bonelli House: Rayc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mohave Museum of History and Arts: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Chloride
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chloride
About 0 of every 100 Chloride residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Arizona.
100% of working residents leave Chloride for work
Where Chloride’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Chloride
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chloride, AZ a good place to live?
Chloride has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.