Navajo vs Zuni Pueblo

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

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

Zuni Pueblo has the higher population (6,132 vs 2,133 in Navajo). Zuni Pueblo has the higher median household income ($43,021 vs $28,917 in Navajo). Zuni Pueblo has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $52,100 in Navajo).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
Population	2,133	6,132
Median age	23.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,917	$43,021
Median home value	$52,100	$79,200
Median gross rent	$641	$565
Housing units	624	1,763
Homeownership rate	4.2%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
Population	1,450 → 2,133 (+47.1%)	7,001 → 6,132 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$21,500 → $28,917 (+34.5%)	$39,881 → $43,021 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $52,100 (+15.8%)	$73,800 → $79,200 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$445 → $641 (+44.0%)	$463 → $565 (+22.0%)

Navajo

Population

1,4502,133

Median household income

$21,500$28,917

Median home value

$45,000$52,100

Median gross rent

$445$641

Zuni Pueblo

Population

7,0016,132

Median household income

$39,881$43,021

Median home value

$73,800$79,200

Median gross rent

$463$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
Under 5	9.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	34.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.1%
75 and over	1.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.2%	98.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
No high school diploma	16.6%	23.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
Drove alone	82.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
1-unit, detached	83.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Navajo	Zuni Pueblo
Poverty rate	55.9%	32.9%
Average household size	3.60	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1988	1978