Fort Defiance is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,541 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Defiance is the 95th largest community in Arizona.
Unlike some towns, Fort Defiance isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Defiance are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Defiance is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Defiance who work in office and administrative support (14.36%), healthcare (10.42%), and management occupations (9.23%).
As is often the case in a small town, Fort Defiance doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Fort Defiance citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.21% of adults 25 and older in Fort Defiance have a college degree.
The per capita income in Fort Defiance in 2022 was $21,230, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,920 for a family of four. However, Fort Defiance contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Defiance is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Defiance home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Defiance residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Defiance include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Defiance is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 23.4% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 89.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 48.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Defiance are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 31.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.7%), and 23.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 54.6% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (48.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Fort Defiance, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (89.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (1.4%), and residents who report Spanish roots (1.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.3%).
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.