Montezuma Creek vs Oljato-Monument Valley

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

Montezuma Creek 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.

Oljato-Monument Valley has the higher population (683 vs 256 in Montezuma Creek). Since 2019, Oljato-Monument Valley's population has grown faster (-20.0% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
Population	256	683
Median age	33.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,750
Median home value	$38,900	—
Housing units	108	226
Homeownership rate	80.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	26.5%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
Population	386 → 256 (-33.7%)	854 → 683 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $39,750 (+44.5%)	$22,692 → $28,750 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$32,700 → $38,900 (+19.0%)	$53,300 → $46,600 (-12.6%)

Montezuma Creek

Population

386256

Median household income

$27,500$39,750

Median home value

$32,700$38,900

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)

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	28.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	19.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	26.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	2.6%
75 and over	2.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.4%	96.5%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
No high school diploma	20.6%	25.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
Drove alone	94.3%	95.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
1-unit, detached	76.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma Creek	Oljato-Monument Valley
Poverty rate	30.3%	26.6%
Average household size	2.98	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1984	1990