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Fort Defiance CDP, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Fort Defiance CDP is a Census CDP of 3,351 people across 6.41 square miles of land, in Apache County. Median household income is $56,045, 51.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fort Defiance
What Fort Defiance is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.41 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land523
- County holding the largest share of its areaApache County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Defiance
How many people live in Fort Defiance
- Population3,351
- Median age32.3
- Population under 18804 plus or minus 181
- Share under 1824.0 percent
- Population 65 and over434 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households1,017
- Family households668
- Share of households that are families65.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Defiance
Income and work in Fort Defiance
- Median household income$56,045
- Per capita income$21,644
- Civilian labor force1,509
- Employed1,340
- Unemployed169 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate11.2 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over1,956
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Defiance
Housing in Fort Defiance
- Housing units1,229
- Occupied units1,017
- Vacant units212 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate17.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied527 plus or minus 114
- Renter occupied490 plus or minus 104
- Ownership rate51.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$37,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$856
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.3 percent
- Single family units869
- Share single family70.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more132 plus or minus 62
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes228 plus or minus 73
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Defiance
How Fort Defiance gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,300
- Commuting under 15 minutes470 plus or minus 146
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.2 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more226 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone88.8 percent
- Carpooled1.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apache County, not Fort Defiance
Apache County context, not Fort Defiance figures
These are Apache County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Defiance measurements.
- Establishments in Apache County442
- Employment at those establishments, Apache County6,112
- Covered employment, Apache County16,611
- Average annual pay, Apache County$56,805
- Average weekly wage, Apache County$1,092
- Housing units permitted, Apache County93
- Of those, single family, Apache County91
- County product, 2024, Apache County$2,947,583,000
- County product change over the prior year, Apache County1.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Apache County$47,101
Every figure in this section is published for Apache County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Defiance. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Defiance questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Defiance, Arizona?
3,351, in 1,017 households. Fort Defiance CDP covers 6.41 square miles of land, which is 523 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Defiance in?
Apache County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Defiance?
$56,045. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $37,400. Median gross rent is $856 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Defiance figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Apache County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Defiance.
Is zoning published for Fort Defiance?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.