First Mesa vs Shongopovi

A side-by-side comparison of First Mesa and Shongopovi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

First Mesa has the higher population (1,381 vs 1,131 in Shongopovi). First Mesa has the higher median household income ($53,173 vs $32,708 in Shongopovi). Shongopovi has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $57,100 in First Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
Population	1,381	1,131
Median age	36.3 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,173	$32,708
Median home value	$57,100	$76,200
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	606	317
Homeownership rate	73.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	30.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
Population	1,937 → 1,381 (-28.7%)	1,017 → 1,131 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$32,135 → $53,173 (+65.5%)	$32,708 → $32,708 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $57,100 (-11.6%)	$86,300 → $76,200 (-11.7%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $731 (+15.8%)	—

First Mesa

Population

1,9371,381

Median household income

$32,135$53,173

Median home value

$64,600$57,100

Median gross rent

$631$731

Shongopovi

Population

1,0171,131

Median household income

$32,708$32,708

Median home value

$86,300$76,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	30.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	3.6%
75 and over	9.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.5%	96.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
No high school diploma	10.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	47.6%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
Drove alone	53.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	5.7%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
1-unit, detached	80.4%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	First Mesa	Shongopovi
Poverty rate	19.4%	47.9%
Average household size	3.17	4.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1986	1976