Church Rock vs Navajo

A side-by-side comparison of Church Rock and Navajo: population, income, housing, and more.

Church Rock and Navajo are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Navajo has the higher population (2,133 vs 1,413 in Church Rock). Church Rock has the higher median household income ($35,417 vs $28,917 in Navajo). Navajo has the higher median home value ($52,100 vs $36,500 in Church Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Church Rock	Navajo
Population	1,413	2,133
Median age	30.3 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$28,917
Median home value	$36,500	$52,100
Median gross rent	$788	$641
Housing units	468	624
Homeownership rate	62.7%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Rock	Navajo
Population	887 → 1,413 (+59.3%)	1,450 → 2,133 (+47.1%)
Median household income	$39,545 → $35,417 (-10.4%)	$21,500 → $28,917 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $36,500 (+7.7%)	$45,000 → $52,100 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $788 (+2.7%)	$445 → $641 (+44.0%)

Church Rock

Population

8871,413

Median household income

$39,545$35,417

Median home value

$33,900$36,500

Median gross rent

$767$788

Navajo

Population

1,4502,133

Median household income

$21,500$28,917

Median home value

$45,000$52,100

Median gross rent

$445$641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Church Rock	Navajo
Under 5	7.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	34.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.0%
75 and over	3.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Rock	Navajo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.7%	95.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Rock	Navajo
No high school diploma	18.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Rock	Navajo
Drove alone	88.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Rock	Navajo
1-unit, detached	69.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Church Rock	Navajo
Poverty rate	40.5%	55.9%
Average household size	3.82	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1989	1988