Del Muerto vs Rough Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Del Muerto and Rough Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Del Muerto and Rough Rock are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Del Muerto has the higher population (495 vs 452 in Rough Rock). Rough Rock has the higher median household income ($36,750 vs $29,541 in Del Muerto). Del Muerto has the higher median home value ($72,500 vs $54,200 in Rough Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
Population	495	452
Median age	58.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,541	$36,750
Median home value	$72,500	$54,200
Median gross rent	—	$595
Housing units	200	243
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
Population	347 → 495 (+42.7%)	428 → 452 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$21,667 → $29,541 (+36.3%)	$28,750 → $36,750 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$23,900 → $72,500 (+203.3%)	$71,300 → $54,200 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$461 → $595 (+29.1%)

Del Muerto

Population

347495

Median household income

$21,667$29,541

Median home value

$23,900$72,500

Rough Rock

Population

428452

Median household income

$28,750$36,750

Median home value

$71,300$54,200

Median gross rent

$461$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	19.9%
45 to 54	5.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	21.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	12.8%
75 and over	11.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.7%	99.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
No high school diploma	27.0%	20.6%
High school graduate	46.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
Drove alone	78.3%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
1-unit, detached	48.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Del Muerto	Rough Rock
Poverty rate	0.0%	25.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1994	1987