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Kayenta is a small town of 4,927 people in Navajo County, Arizona. It's about 115 miles from Farmington, NM and 241 miles from Phoenix, AZ, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $119k and rent runs about $772 a month.
4,927people
$119kTypical home
$772/moRent
92° / 43°Summer / winter
29"Snow
305Sunny days
49Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,927
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 374 people per sq mi
- 241 mi to Phoenix, AZ
- 115 mi to Farmington, NM
- 115 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $119k (≈$753/mo)
- Median rent $772/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 305 sunny days a year (164 totally clear)
- 60 cloudy days a year
- 22 of 90 winter days are gray
- 49 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (829 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 60% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 67 mi to PGA airport
- 235 mi to ABQ (major hub)
- 118 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 71% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 5,706 ft
- 409 mi to the ocean
- 39 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 125 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of Arizona districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 126 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 68 mi to the nearest vet
- 68 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 65 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Navajo County: R+17 in 2024
- Arizona: R+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.