Chinle vs Lukachukai

A side-by-side comparison of Chinle and Lukachukai: population, income, housing, and more.

Chinle and Lukachukai are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chinle has the higher population (4,395 vs 1,876 in Lukachukai). Chinle has the higher median household income ($46,458 vs $34,191 in Lukachukai). Lukachukai has the higher median home value ($48,200 vs $38,000 in Chinle).

Population, income & housing

	Chinle	Lukachukai
Population	4,395	1,876
Median age	31.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,458	$34,191
Median home value	$38,000	$48,200
Median gross rent	$504	$907
Housing units	1,479	693
Homeownership rate	47.3%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinle	Lukachukai
Population	4,879 → 4,395 (-9.9%)	1,497 → 1,876 (+25.3%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $46,458 (+48.7%)	$26,250 → $34,191 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$23,800 → $38,000 (+59.7%)	$49,100 → $48,200 (-1.8%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $504 (+5.0%)	$850 → $907 (+6.7%)

Chinle

Population

4,8794,395

Median household income

$31,250$46,458

Median home value

$23,800$38,000

Median gross rent

$480$504

Lukachukai

Population

1,4971,876

Median household income

$26,250$34,191

Median home value

$49,100$48,200

Median gross rent

$850$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinle	Lukachukai
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	26.8%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	14.4%
75 and over	4.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinle	Lukachukai
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	0.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	88.4%	97.4%
Asian	4.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinle	Lukachukai
No high school diploma	15.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	27.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinle	Lukachukai
Drove alone	85.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinle	Lukachukai
1-unit, detached	45.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Chinle	Lukachukai
Poverty rate	35.9%	36.5%
Average household size	3.40	3.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	39
Median year structure built	1991	1984