Moenkopi vs Mountainaire

A side-by-side comparison of Moenkopi and Mountainaire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moenkopi has the higher population (1,028 vs 957 in Mountainaire). Mountainaire has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $49,635 in Moenkopi). Mountainaire has the higher median home value ($432,700 vs $76,200 in Moenkopi).

Population, income & housing

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
Population	1,028	957
Median age	42.9 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,635	$94,457
Median home value	$76,200	$432,700
Housing units	357	564
Homeownership rate	87.6%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
Population	1,252 → 1,028 (-17.9%)	804 → 957 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $49,635 (+36.9%)	$54,423 → $94,457 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $76,200 (-17.3%)	$230,600 → $432,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,355 → $1,634 (+20.6%)

Moenkopi

Population

1,2521,028

Median household income

$36,250$49,635

Median home value

$92,100$76,200

Mountainaire

Population

804957

Median household income

$54,423$94,457

Median home value

$230,600$432,700

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	2.8%
18 to 24	14.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	2.8%	20.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	2.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	23.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	3.2%
75 and over	8.2%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	91.8%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
No high school diploma	13.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	61.2%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
Drove alone	71.7%	67.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
1-unit, detached	88.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moenkopi	Mountainaire
Poverty rate	37.4%	5.6%
Average household size	3.44	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1971	1986