Navajo County vs Yavapai County

A side-by-side comparison of Navajo County and Yavapai County: population, income, housing, and more.

Navajo County and Yavapai County are counties in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yavapai County has the higher population (241,656 vs 107,744 in Navajo County). Yavapai County has the higher median household income ($66,106 vs $52,752 in Navajo County). Yavapai County has the higher median home value ($392,900 vs $186,100 in Navajo County).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
Population	107,744	241,656
Median age	39.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,752	$66,106
Median home value	$186,100	$392,900
Median gross rent	$832	$1,258
Housing units	56,946	124,032
Homeownership rate	72.7%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
Population	109,270 → 107,744 (-1.4%)	228,067 → 241,656 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$40,067 → $52,752 (+31.7%)	$52,451 → $66,106 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $186,100 (+47.6%)	$252,000 → $392,900 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $832 (+15.6%)	$947 → $1,258 (+32.8%)

Navajo County

Population

109,270107,744

Median household income

$40,067$52,752

Median home value

$126,100$186,100

Median gross rent

$720$832

Yavapai County

Population

228,067241,656

Median household income

$52,451$66,106

Median home value

$252,000$392,900

Median gross rent

$947$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.1%
75 and over	7.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	41.9%	1.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
No high school diploma	14.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
Drove alone	75.6%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Navajo County	Yavapai County
Poverty rate	24.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1988	1994