Crownpoint vs Navajo

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

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

Crownpoint has the higher population (2,924 vs 2,133 in Navajo). Crownpoint has the higher median household income ($35,926 vs $28,917 in Navajo). Navajo has the higher median home value ($52,100 vs $49,900 in Crownpoint).

Population, income & housing

	Crownpoint	Navajo
Population	2,924	2,133
Median age	33.3 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,926	$28,917
Median home value	$49,900	$52,100
Median gross rent	$469	$641
Housing units	1,098	624
Homeownership rate	50.5%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crownpoint	Navajo
Population	2,419 → 2,924 (+20.9%)	1,450 → 2,133 (+47.1%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $35,926 (-15.9%)	$21,500 → $28,917 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $49,900 (-28.2%)	$45,000 → $52,100 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $469 (-20.4%)	$445 → $641 (+44.0%)

Crownpoint

Population

2,4192,924

Median household income

$42,708$35,926

Median home value

$69,500$49,900

Median gross rent

$589$469

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)

	Crownpoint	Navajo
Under 5	2.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	34.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	22.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.0%
75 and over	4.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crownpoint	Navajo
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	0.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	91.8%	95.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crownpoint	Navajo
No high school diploma	13.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crownpoint	Navajo
Drove alone	86.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crownpoint	Navajo
1-unit, detached	71.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Crownpoint	Navajo
Poverty rate	31.0%	55.9%
Average household size	3.22	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1984	1988