Navajo County, Arizona

Navajo County has a population of 108,415 and has grown 3.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $201,500, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $54,606.

Home price
$201,500
Income
$54,606
Population
108,415
Unemployment
8.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$201,500county
Median gross rent$858county
Median year homes here were built1989county
Share of homes built before 198033.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile19.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant30.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use22.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,723county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,309county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,026county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,622county
Home insurance / yr$2,344(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living110.7(statewide)
Median household income$54,606county
Family health premium / yr$23,132(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$15,625(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.327(statewide)
Poverty rate24.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.2%county
Unemployment rate8.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force45.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.6%county
Share of workers employed by government29.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry32.6%county
Economic output per resident$37,498county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.59%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service43 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport3655county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here7county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station30 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.5%county
Traffic deaths100.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher19.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.4%county
Public schools in the county59county
Public school enrollment16491county
Students per full-time teacher16.8county
Elementary schools23county
Middle schools11county
High schools21county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians63county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance15.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year24.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.8%county
Frequent mental distress22.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population108,415county
Land area in square miles9,949county
People per square mile of land10.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores14county
Convenience stores6county
Share living far from a food store20.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract37.5%county
Population change since 2020+3.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.1%county
Share of households that are one person25.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.5%county
Second languages32.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls45.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents191county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in2,949county
Households that moved away2,676county
Average income of arriving households$60,422county
Average income of departing households$55,314county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year441county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings5.4%county
Violent crime rate422(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature54.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation9.9 incounty
Annual snowfall13.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.63 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F56 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing129 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days155 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 11county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$82county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use612 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity22.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.8%county
Homes heated by propane13.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood31.8%county
Households with broadband74.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk89.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk52.0county
Landslide risk94.0county
Hail risk34.8county
Earthquake risk81.2county
Tornado risk8.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk56.7county
Winter weather risk96.8county
Strong wind risk40.1county
Wildfire risk98.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Navajo County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arizona figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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