Fort Defiance vs Lukachukai

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

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

Fort Defiance has the higher population (3,614 vs 1,876 in Lukachukai). Fort Defiance has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $34,191 in Lukachukai). Lukachukai has the higher median home value ($48,200 vs $37,800 in Fort Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
Population	3,614	1,876
Median age	32.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$34,191
Median home value	$37,800	$48,200
Median gross rent	$802	$907
Housing units	1,186	693
Homeownership rate	51.5%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
Population	4,590 → 3,614 (-21.3%)	1,497 → 1,876 (+25.3%)
Median household income	$35,375 → $56,250 (+59.0%)	$26,250 → $34,191 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$34,800 → $37,800 (+8.6%)	$49,100 → $48,200 (-1.8%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $802 (+59.1%)	$850 → $907 (+6.7%)

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

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)

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.4%
75 and over	4.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	0.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.1%	97.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
No high school diploma	7.9%	18.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
Drove alone	87.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
1-unit, detached	68.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Defiance	Lukachukai
Poverty rate	16.9%	36.5%
Average household size	3.67	3.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	39
Median year structure built	1980	1984