Chinle, AZ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chinle, AZ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,714. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHINLE-AZ · Chinle, AZ 1 ZIPs · 10,714 pop · #24364/25278 · Apache County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $36,321
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24364/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lukachukai
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,714
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $37,800

Nearest income peer: Lukachukai, AZ ( $397 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Chinle

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chinle on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Chinle, AZ sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,714
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,321
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($36,321 average) · poverty 32.5%. The primary code (86503) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chinle as a pure owner town.

Within Arizona, Lukachukai is the closest lower-income city and Sells the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chinle.

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ZIP Codes in Chinle, AZ

These ZIP codes sit in Apache County, which covers 28 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chinle. See the Apache County roll-up →

Chinle lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Apache County: Fort Defiance, Eagar and Window Rock earn more and Ganado, Concho and Sanders earn less. Saint Johns marks the far end of that range at $131,238, 261% above Chinle.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
86503 10,714 5 America/Denver

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Chinle, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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