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Shiprock, NM

8,339 Population
13.5 square miles 617.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 38 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$20,191 ±$2,372 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $26,583 ±$1,103
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$41,563 ±$16,050 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $53,020 ±$2,556
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

29% ±5.8% (2,414  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 23.2% 27,779 (±1.6% / ±1,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

28.8 minutes ±3.7 (84,080  ±15,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 23.8 1,010,830 (±0.8 / ±44,368)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,309 ±216 Number of households
  • the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 41,053 ±622
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3.6 ±0.1 (8,261  ±794) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 2.9 119,595 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

1.7% ±0.8% (42  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,474 (±1.3% / ±352)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

2,773 ±217 Number of housing units
  • the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 48,085 ±62
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$101,500 ±$13,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: $185,100 ±$4,661
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

6.4% ±3.1% (527  ±260.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 9.7% † 11,658 (±1.2% / ±1,394)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

86.9% ±1.6% (4,676  ±465.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 86.5% 69,292 (±2.5% / ±1,981.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
12% ±2.8% (644  ±165.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 16.7% 13,343 (±1.1% / ±865.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±0.9% (97  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 3% 3,683
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

4.4% ±1.8% (277  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Farmington, NM Metro Area: 6.4% 5,748 (±0.5% / ±463)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
277 Total veterans ±114 234 Male ±94 43 Female ±44

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