Montezuma Creek vs Navajo Mountain

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

Montezuma Creek 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 256 in Montezuma Creek). Montezuma Creek has the higher median home value ($38,900 vs $9,999 in Navajo Mountain). Since 2019, Navajo Mountain's population has grown faster (+135.5% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
Population	256	643
Median age	33.8 yrs	20.8 yrs
Median home value	$38,900	$9,999
Median gross rent	—	$693
Housing units	108	236
Homeownership rate	80.2%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	26.5%	52.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
Population	386 → 256 (-33.7%)	273 → 643 (+135.5%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $39,750 (+44.5%)	—
Median home value	$32,700 → $38,900 (+19.0%)	$58,300 → $9,999 (-82.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $693 (-2.1%)

Montezuma Creek

Population

386256

Median household income

$27,500$39,750

Median home value

$32,700$38,900

Navajo Mountain

Population

273643

Median home value

$58,300$9,999

Median gross rent

$708$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
Under 5	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	28.9%	24.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	27.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.8%
45 to 54	3.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	26.6%	4.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.6%
75 and over	2.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.4%	50.4%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	36.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
No high school diploma	20.6%	35.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
Drove alone	94.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.8%
Walked	5.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
1-unit, detached	76.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma Creek	Navajo Mountain
Poverty rate	30.3%	72.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1984	1986