Shiprock vs West Hammond

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

Shiprock and West Hammond 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 2,519 in West Hammond). West Hammond has the higher median household income ($49,795 vs $41,563 in Shiprock). West Hammond has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $101,500 in Shiprock).

Population, income & housing

	Shiprock	West Hammond
Population	8,339	2,519
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$49,795
Median home value	$101,500	$185,800
Median gross rent	$693	$1,221
Housing units	2,773	946
Homeownership rate	45.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shiprock	West Hammond
Population	9,020 → 8,339 (-7.5%)	2,777 → 2,519 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$39,893 → $41,563 (+4.2%)	$66,500 → $49,795 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $101,500 (+22.9%)	$166,400 → $185,800 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $693 (+32.5%)	$1,045 → $1,221 (+16.8%)

Shiprock

Population

9,0208,339

Median household income

$39,893$41,563

Median home value

$82,600$101,500

Median gross rent

$523$693

West Hammond

Population

2,7772,519

Median household income

$66,500$49,795

Median home value

$166,400$185,800

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shiprock	West Hammond
Under 5	4.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.0%
75 and over	3.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shiprock	West Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	48.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.2%	5.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	44.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shiprock	West Hammond
No high school diploma	13.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shiprock	West Hammond
Drove alone	84.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shiprock	West Hammond
1-unit, detached	54.1%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	66.1%

Poverty & households

	Shiprock	West Hammond
Poverty rate	29.0%	8.9%
Average household size	3.58	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1988	1991