Kayenta vs Snowflake

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

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

Snowflake has the higher population (6,349 vs 5,651 in Kayenta). Snowflake has the higher median household income ($72,753 vs $60,925 in Kayenta). Snowflake has the higher median home value ($248,000 vs $37,900 in Kayenta).

Population, income & housing

	Kayenta	Snowflake
Population	5,651	6,349
Median age	27.8 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,925	$72,753
Median home value	$37,900	$248,000
Median gross rent	$786	$1,304
Housing units	1,882	1,913
Homeownership rate	53.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kayenta	Snowflake
Population	5,512 → 5,651 (+2.5%)	5,811 → 6,349 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $60,925 (+94.1%)	$47,206 → $72,753 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $37,900 (-30.1%)	$164,000 → $248,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $786 (+27.2%)	$717 → $1,304 (+81.9%)

Kayenta

Population

5,5125,651

Median household income

$31,389$60,925

Median home value

$54,200$37,900

Median gross rent

$618$786

Snowflake

Population

5,8116,349

Median household income

$47,206$72,753

Median home value

$164,000$248,000

Median gross rent

$717$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kayenta	Snowflake
Under 5	6.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	27.8%	30.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.0%
75 and over	1.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kayenta	Snowflake
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.4%	0.9%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kayenta	Snowflake
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kayenta	Snowflake
Drove alone	82.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.5%
Public transit	2.4%	1.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kayenta	Snowflake
1-unit, detached	57.3%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Kayenta	Snowflake
Poverty rate	26.3%	15.7%
Average household size	3.33	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1991	1980