Fort Defiance vs Window Rock

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

Fort Defiance and Window Rock 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 2,384 in Window Rock). Fort Defiance has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $44,918 in Window Rock). Window Rock has the higher median home value ($82,700 vs $37,800 in Fort Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
Population	3,614	2,384
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$44,918
Median home value	$37,800	$82,700
Median gross rent	$802	$609
Housing units	1,186	996
Homeownership rate	51.5%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
Population	4,590 → 3,614 (-21.3%)	2,454 → 2,384 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$35,375 → $56,250 (+59.0%)	$32,188 → $44,918 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$34,800 → $37,800 (+8.6%)	$65,800 → $82,700 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $802 (+59.1%)	$423 → $609 (+44.0%)

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

Window Rock

Population

2,4542,384

Median household income

$32,188$44,918

Median home value

$65,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$423$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
Under 5	5.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.4%
75 and over	4.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	2.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.1%	87.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
No high school diploma	7.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
Drove alone	87.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
1-unit, detached	68.3%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Defiance	Window Rock
Poverty rate	16.9%	29.8%
Average household size	3.67	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1980	1982