Eagar vs Fort Defiance

A side-by-side comparison of Eagar and Fort Defiance: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagar has the higher population (4,410 vs 3,614 in Fort Defiance). Eagar has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $56,250 in Fort Defiance). Eagar has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $37,800 in Fort Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
Population	4,410	3,614
Median age	43.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$56,250
Median home value	$231,100	$37,800
Median gross rent	$897	$802
Housing units	2,135	1,186
Homeownership rate	86.5%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
Population	4,890 → 4,410 (-9.8%)	4,590 → 3,614 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$56,089 → $81,667 (+45.6%)	$35,375 → $56,250 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $231,100 (+33.7%)	$34,800 → $37,800 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $897 (+28.1%)	$504 → $802 (+59.1%)

Eagar

Population

4,8904,410

Median household income

$56,089$81,667

Median home value

$172,800$231,100

Median gross rent

$700$897

Fort Defiance

Population

4,5903,614

Median household income

$35,375$56,250

Median home value

$34,800$37,800

Median gross rent

$504$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	14.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	22.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	1.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	86.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
Drove alone	89.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
1-unit, detached	78.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Eagar	Fort Defiance
Poverty rate	9.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.70	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1984	1980