Navajo vs Thoreau

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

Navajo and Thoreau 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 1,795 in Thoreau). Thoreau has the higher median household income ($43,953 vs $28,917 in Navajo). Thoreau has the higher median home value ($52,900 vs $52,100 in Navajo).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo	Thoreau
Population	2,133	1,795
Median age	23.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,917	$43,953
Median home value	$52,100	$52,900
Median gross rent	$641	$640
Housing units	624	739
Homeownership rate	4.2%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo	Thoreau
Population	1,450 → 2,133 (+47.1%)	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$21,500 → $28,917 (+34.5%)	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $52,100 (+15.8%)	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$445 → $641 (+44.0%)	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)

Navajo

Population

1,4502,133

Median household income

$21,500$28,917

Median home value

$45,000$52,100

Median gross rent

$445$641

Thoreau

Population

1,6411,795

Median household income

$19,792$43,953

Median home value

$57,700$52,900

Median gross rent

$674$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo	Thoreau
Under 5	9.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	34.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.4%
75 and over	1.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo	Thoreau
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.2%	79.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo	Thoreau
No high school diploma	16.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo	Thoreau
Drove alone	82.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo	Thoreau
1-unit, detached	83.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Navajo	Thoreau
Poverty rate	55.9%	27.5%
Average household size	3.60	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1988	1993