Blanding vs Navajo Mountain

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

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

Blanding has the higher population (3,303 vs 643 in Navajo Mountain). Blanding has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $9,999 in Navajo Mountain). Since 2019, Navajo Mountain's population has grown faster (+135.5% vs -9.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
Population	3,303	643
Median age	30.4 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	—
Median home value	$225,000	$9,999
Median gross rent	$869	$693
Housing units	1,200	236
Homeownership rate	68.0%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	52.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
Population	3,663 → 3,303 (-9.8%)	273 → 643 (+135.5%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $63,333 (+13.4%)	—
Median home value	$165,400 → $225,000 (+36.0%)	$58,300 → $9,999 (-82.8%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $869 (+36.6%)	$708 → $693 (-2.1%)

Blanding

Population

3,6633,303

Median household income

$55,833$63,333

Median home value

$165,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$636$869

Navajo Mountain

Population

273643

Median home value

$58,300$9,999

Median gross rent

$708$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	23.0%	24.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	27.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	18.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	4.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.8%	50.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	36.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
No high school diploma	6.9%	35.3%
High school graduate	22.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
Drove alone	75.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	21.0%
Public transit	0.4%	10.8%
Walked	11.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
1-unit, detached	73.5%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Blanding	Navajo Mountain
Poverty rate	16.3%	72.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1976	1986