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Housing in Bluewater

A typical Bluewater home is worth roughly $148,000

Home prices around Bluewater have risen about 60% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$148K
▲ 17.6% in a year · AZ $418K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,220
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$199
AZ $1,879

What kind of housing town is Bluewater?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 60% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bluewater rose 60% over the past 5 years, faster than across Arizona (55%). Last year prices rose 18%.

Bluewater areaArizona
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%+300%200020052010201520202025
+18%
past year
+60%
past 5 years
+104%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bluewater, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

Less than across Arizona (5.2 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$298,000
Typical Bluewater home $148K

That covers a typical Bluewater home, with $150K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$800
Loan $730Tax $20Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220 a month here, $420 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bluewater’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

79% of Bluewater households own their home

Half of Bluewater’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 79%Rent 21%

Arizona: 67% own.

1979
typical home built · AZ 1992
$199
median property tax bill · AZ $1,879
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AZ 0.48%
34%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220

Renters already here pay a median of $892, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$920
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,220
3 bedrooms$1,700
4 bedrooms$2,050
21%
of households rent · AZ 33%
90
renter households
$892
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (La Paz County, AZ): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Bluewater vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Bluewater. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Bluewater$148K*+17.6%†$1,220—$68,750
Parker$353K−1.9%$1,2202$66,273

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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