Gallup vs Navajo

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

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

Gallup has the higher population (21,333 vs 2,133 in Navajo). Gallup has the higher median household income ($57,466 vs $28,917 in Navajo). Gallup has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $52,100 in Navajo).

Population, income & housing

	Gallup	Navajo
Population	21,333	2,133
Median age	34.0 yrs	23.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,466	$28,917
Median home value	$134,600	$52,100
Median gross rent	$858	$641
Housing units	7,596	624
Homeownership rate	49.4%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallup	Navajo
Population	21,854 → 21,333 (-2.4%)	1,450 → 2,133 (+47.1%)
Median household income	$48,065 → $57,466 (+19.6%)	$21,500 → $28,917 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $134,600 (+2.0%)	$45,000 → $52,100 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $858 (+16.7%)	$445 → $641 (+44.0%)

Gallup

Population

21,85421,333

Median household income

$48,065$57,466

Median home value

$132,000$134,600

Median gross rent

$735$858

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)

	Gallup	Navajo
Under 5	5.8%	9.5%
5 to 17	25.1%	34.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.0%
75 and over	4.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallup	Navajo
White (non-Hispanic)	17.6%	0.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	49.8%	95.2%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallup	Navajo
No high school diploma	11.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallup	Navajo
Drove alone	83.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.3%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallup	Navajo
1-unit, detached	55.8%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Gallup	Navajo
Poverty rate	28.1%	55.9%
Average household size	2.93	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1976	1988