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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Defiance is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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%).
Fort Defiance is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Fort Defiance is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.21% of adults 25 and older in Fort Defiance have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 18 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.3% of America.
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.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a 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.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
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 the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
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.