Kayenta vs Whiteriver

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

Kayenta and Whiteriver 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 4,308 in Whiteriver). Kayenta has the higher median household income ($60,925 vs $38,205 in Whiteriver). Whiteriver has the higher median home value ($57,000 vs $37,900 in Kayenta).

Population, income & housing

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
Population	5,651	4,308
Median age	27.8 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,925	$38,205
Median home value	$37,900	$57,000
Median gross rent	$786	$582
Housing units	1,882	1,461
Homeownership rate	53.8%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
Population	5,512 → 5,651 (+2.5%)	4,296 → 4,308 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$31,389 → $60,925 (+94.1%)	$30,536 → $38,205 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $37,900 (-30.1%)	$59,800 → $57,000 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $786 (+27.2%)	$424 → $582 (+37.3%)

Kayenta

Population

5,5125,651

Median household income

$31,389$60,925

Median home value

$54,200$37,900

Median gross rent

$618$786

Whiteriver

Population

4,2964,308

Median household income

$30,536$38,205

Median home value

$59,800$57,000

Median gross rent

$424$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
Under 5	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	27.8%	25.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	1.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	1.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.4%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
No high school diploma	9.4%	31.0%
High school graduate	39.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
Drove alone	82.6%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
1-unit, detached	57.3%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Kayenta	Whiteriver
Poverty rate	26.3%	44.0%
Average household size	3.33	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1991	1985