Bloomfield vs Shiprock

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield and Shiprock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shiprock has the higher population (8,339 vs 7,391 in Bloomfield). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($51,212 vs $41,563 in Shiprock). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($167,800 vs $101,500 in Shiprock).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
Population	7,391	8,339
Median age	29.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,212	$41,563
Median home value	$167,800	$101,500
Median gross rent	$831	$693
Housing units	2,988	2,773
Homeownership rate	70.4%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
Population	7,846 → 7,391 (-5.8%)	9,020 → 8,339 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$52,030 → $51,212 (-1.6%)	$39,893 → $41,563 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$149,200 → $167,800 (+12.5%)	$82,600 → $101,500 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $831 (+9.3%)	$523 → $693 (+32.5%)

Bloomfield

Population

7,8467,391

Median household income

$52,030$51,212

Median home value

$149,200$167,800

Median gross rent

$760$831

Shiprock

Population

9,0208,339

Median household income

$39,893$41,563

Median home value

$82,600$101,500

Median gross rent

$523$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.7%
75 and over	8.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
White (non-Hispanic)	40.0%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.3%	93.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
No high school diploma	18.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
Drove alone	94.6%	84.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
1-unit, detached	47.6%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Shiprock
Poverty rate	24.3%	29.0%
Average household size	2.82	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1985	1988