Navajo County vs Yuma County

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

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

Yuma County has the higher population (207,685 vs 107,744 in Navajo County). Yuma County has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $52,752 in Navajo County). Yuma County has the higher median home value ($195,700 vs $186,100 in Navajo County).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo County	Yuma County
Population	107,744	207,685
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,752	$60,417
Median home value	$186,100	$195,700
Median gross rent	$832	$983
Housing units	56,946	93,924
Homeownership rate	72.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo County	Yuma County
Population	109,270 → 107,744 (-1.4%)	209,468 → 207,685 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$40,067 → $52,752 (+31.7%)	$45,243 → $60,417 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $186,100 (+47.6%)	$127,900 → $195,700 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $832 (+15.6%)	$839 → $983 (+17.2%)

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

Yuma County

Population

209,468207,685

Median household income

$45,243$60,417

Median home value

$127,900$195,700

Median gross rent

$839$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo County	Yuma County
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.0%
75 and over	7.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo County	Yuma County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	29.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	41.9%	0.9%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo County	Yuma County
No high school diploma	14.0%	23.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo County	Yuma County
Drove alone	75.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	6.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo County	Yuma County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Navajo County	Yuma County
Poverty rate	24.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1988	1994