Shiprock is a city of 7,610 people in New Mexico. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 12% of adults. The poverty rate is 34.6%, above the 12.5% national rate. Households here earn about 44% less than in New Mexico as a whole. The typical home is worth $104,400, having roughly tripled since 2000. Owners hold 49% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $35,900, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 61%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Shiprock
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate46.7% → 34.6%(−12.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree6.9% → 11.6%(+4.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median age23.1 → 34.1(+11.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shiprock's population equals 6.3% of San Juan County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.8% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 2.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.7%(35)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)45.5%(70)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era11.7%(18)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.7%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 154 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Shiprock, decade by decade
Shiprock population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,687
$30,327
$73,442
6.9%
8.4
2000
8,156
$44,672
$64,669
6.6%
8.7
2010
8,295
$42,957
$85,739
11.7%
10.5
2020
7,718
$44,539
$95,387
12.9%
14.5
2024
7,610
$35,900
$104,400
11.6%
10.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
