Fort Defiance vs St. Johns

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

Fort Defiance and St. Johns 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 3,409 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median household income ($128,920 vs $56,250 in Fort Defiance). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($180,900 vs $37,800 in Fort Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
Population	3,614	3,409
Median age	32.5 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$128,920
Median home value	$37,800	$180,900
Median gross rent	$802	$881
Housing units	1,186	1,228
Homeownership rate	51.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
Population	4,590 → 3,614 (-21.3%)	3,497 → 3,409 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$35,375 → $56,250 (+59.0%)	$46,897 → $128,920 (+174.9%)
Median home value	$34,800 → $37,800 (+8.6%)	$84,500 → $180,900 (+114.1%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $802 (+59.1%)	$680 → $881 (+29.6%)

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

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)

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	39.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
Drove alone	87.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	68.3%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Defiance	St. Johns
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.9%
Average household size	3.67	3.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1980	1988