Aneth vs Navajo Mountain

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

Aneth and Navajo Mountain are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Navajo Mountain has the higher population (643 vs 324 in Aneth). Aneth has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $9,999 in Navajo Mountain). Since 2019, Navajo Mountain's population has grown faster (+135.5% vs -41.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
Population	324	643
Median age	39.1 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	—
Median home value	$92,100	$9,999
Median gross rent	$888	$693
Housing units	146	236
Homeownership rate	83.5%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	52.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
Population	552 → 324 (-41.3%)	273 → 643 (+135.5%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $56,563 (+105.7%)	—
Median home value	$81,900 → $92,100 (+12.5%)	$58,300 → $9,999 (-82.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $888 (+14.6%)	$708 → $693 (-2.1%)

Aneth

Population

552324

Median household income

$27,500$56,563

Median home value

$81,900$92,100

Median gross rent

$775$888

Navajo Mountain

Population

273643

Median home value

$58,300$9,999

Median gross rent

$708$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
Under 5	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	29.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	27.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	18.8%
55 to 64	22.8%	4.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.6%
75 and over	5.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.8%	50.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	36.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
No high school diploma	21.6%	35.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
Drove alone	54.4%	59.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	21.0%
Public transit	3.3%	10.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
1-unit, detached	74.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Aneth	Navajo Mountain
Poverty rate	27.8%	72.8%
Average household size	2.97	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1988	1986