Kayenta vs Pinetop-Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Kayenta and Pinetop-Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

Kayenta and Pinetop-Lakeside are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kayenta has the higher population (5,651 vs 4,103 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Kayenta has the higher median household income ($60,925 vs $52,207 in Pinetop-Lakeside). Pinetop-Lakeside has the higher median home value ($332,200 vs $37,900 in Kayenta).

Population, income & housing

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
Population	5,651	4,103
Median age	27.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,925	$52,207
Median home value	$37,900	$332,200
Median gross rent	$786	$1,115
Housing units	1,882	3,170
Homeownership rate	53.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
Population	5,512 → 5,651 (+2.5%)	4,370 → 4,103 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $60,925 (+94.1%)	$56,050 → $52,207 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $37,900 (-30.1%)	$224,100 → $332,200 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $786 (+27.2%)	$820 → $1,115 (+36.0%)

Kayenta

Population

5,5125,651

Median household income

$31,389$60,925

Median home value

$54,200$37,900

Median gross rent

$618$786

Pinetop-Lakeside

Population

4,3704,103

Median household income

$56,050$52,207

Median home value

$224,100$332,200

Median gross rent

$820$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
Under 5	6.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	27.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	22.2%
75 and over	1.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.4%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
Drove alone	82.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	18.9%
Public transit	2.4%	1.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
1-unit, detached	57.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Kayenta	Pinetop-Lakeside
Poverty rate	26.3%	10.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1991	1986