PlainZIP

Fort Defiance, AZ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Defiance, AZ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,589. 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 FORT-DEFIANCE-AZ · Fort Defiance, AZ 1 ZIPs · 6,589 pop · #22725/25278 · Apache County

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

  • INC-MID $46,573
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22725/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Window Rock
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,589
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $45,000

Nearest income peer: Window Rock, AZ (+ $763 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 Fort Defiance

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

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fort Defiance, 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.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,589
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,573
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 ($46,573 average) · poverty 25.8%. The primary code (86504) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fort Defiance as a pure owner town.

Within Arizona, Superior is the closest lower-income city and Clarkdale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Defiance.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 86504, is all of Fort Defiance

There is no split to weigh here: 86504 holds every one of Fort Defiance's 6,589 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Fort Defiance

Citywide ZBP: 16 establishments, 681 employees , annual payroll $53,106k (~2 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 86504 (16 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (6) .

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ZIP Codes in Fort Defiance, AZ

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

Fort Defiance lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Apache County: Eagar, Saint Johns and Teec Nos Pos earn more and Chinle, Ganado and Saint Michaels earn less. Saint Johns marks the far end of that range at $131,238, 182% above Fort Defiance.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
86504 6,589 $46,573 16 8
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