Chinle vs St. Johns

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

Chinle and St. Johns 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 3,409 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median household income ($128,920 vs $46,458 in Chinle). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($180,900 vs $38,000 in Chinle).

Population, income & housing

	Chinle	St. Johns
Population	4,395	3,409
Median age	31.9 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,458	$128,920
Median home value	$38,000	$180,900
Median gross rent	$504	$881
Housing units	1,479	1,228
Homeownership rate	47.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinle	St. Johns
Population	4,879 → 4,395 (-9.9%)	3,497 → 3,409 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $46,458 (+48.7%)	$46,897 → $128,920 (+174.9%)
Median home value	$23,800 → $38,000 (+59.7%)	$84,500 → $180,900 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $504 (+5.0%)	$680 → $881 (+29.6%)

Chinle

Population

4,8794,395

Median household income

$31,250$46,458

Median home value

$23,800$38,000

Median gross rent

$480$504

St. Johns

Population

3,4973,409

Median household income

$46,897$128,920

Median home value

$84,500$180,900

Median gross rent

$680$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinle	St. Johns
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.8%	39.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	4.0%
75 and over	4.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinle	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	88.4%	0.4%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinle	St. Johns
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.5%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinle	St. Johns
Drove alone	85.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinle	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	45.8%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Chinle	St. Johns
Poverty rate	35.9%	6.9%
Average household size	3.40	3.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1991	1988