Blanding vs Oljato-Monument Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Blanding and Oljato-Monument Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Blanding and Oljato-Monument Valley 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 683 in Oljato-Monument Valley). Blanding has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $28,750 in Oljato-Monument Valley). Since 2019, Blanding's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
Population	3,303	683
Median age	30.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$28,750
Median home value	$225,000	—
Median gross rent	$869	—
Housing units	1,200	226
Homeownership rate	68.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
Population	3,663 → 3,303 (-9.8%)	854 → 683 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $63,333 (+13.4%)	$22,692 → $28,750 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $225,000 (+36.0%)	$53,300 → $46,600 (-12.6%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $869 (+36.6%)	—

Blanding

Population

3,6633,303

Median household income

$55,833$63,333

Median home value

$165,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$636$869

Oljato-Monument Valley

Population

854683

Median household income

$22,692$28,750

Median home value

$53,300$46,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
Under 5	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	19.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	2.6%
75 and over	6.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.8%	96.5%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
No high school diploma	6.9%	25.7%
High school graduate	22.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
Drove alone	75.3%	95.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
1-unit, detached	73.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Blanding	Oljato-Monument Valley
Poverty rate	16.3%	26.6%
Average household size	2.82	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	12	34
Median year structure built	1976	1990