Farmington vs Shiprock

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (46,339 vs 8,339 in Shiprock). Farmington has the higher median household income ($63,745 vs $41,563 in Shiprock). Farmington has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $101,500 in Shiprock).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Shiprock
Population	46,339	8,339
Median age	37.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,745	$41,563
Median home value	$225,400	$101,500
Median gross rent	$993	$693
Housing units	18,220	2,773
Homeownership rate	63.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Shiprock
Population	45,258 → 46,339 (+2.4%)	9,020 → 8,339 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$54,480 → $63,745 (+17.0%)	$39,893 → $41,563 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$186,800 → $225,400 (+20.7%)	$82,600 → $101,500 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $993 (+14.4%)	$523 → $693 (+32.5%)

Farmington

Population

45,25846,339

Median household income

$54,480$63,745

Median home value

$186,800$225,400

Median gross rent

$868$993

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)

	Farmington	Shiprock
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.7%
75 and over	5.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Shiprock
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.5%	93.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Shiprock
No high school diploma	9.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Shiprock
Drove alone	86.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Shiprock
1-unit, detached	58.7%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Shiprock
Poverty rate	19.7%	29.0%
Average household size	2.76	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1982	1988