What is the population of Shiprock CDP?

Shiprock CDP has 8,339 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 527 in New Mexico.

What is the median household income in Shiprock CDP?

Median household income in Shiprock CDP is $41,563 a year, 47.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shiprock CDP?

Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $101,500, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Shiprock CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shiprock CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shiprock, NM population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shiprock, New Mexico (Shiprock, NM — Census place “Shiprock CDP”) is 8,339 residents, ranking #30 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $41,563, the median home is worth $101,500 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Shiprock New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shiprock, NM: 87420.

Population: 8,339Shiprock CDP residents
Median household income: $41,563Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $101,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.1%Owner-occupied households

Shiprock ZIP codes (New Mexico)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shiprock.

The Shiprock NM ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

87420

What the numbers mean in Shiprock CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shiprock CDP median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29% of residents and 45.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Shiprock CDP, NM in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shiprock CDP is a mid-size town in New Mexico, with 8,339 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #30 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 33.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Shiprock CDP earn a median of $41,563 a year, 47.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 29% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shiprock CDP is valued at $101,500, 66.5% below the national figure and 47% below the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 45.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Shiprock CDP?: Shiprock CDP has 8,339 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 527 in New Mexico.
What is the median household income in Shiprock CDP?: Median household income in Shiprock CDP is $41,563 a year, 47.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shiprock CDP?: Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $101,500, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Shiprock CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shiprock CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Shiprock CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.