ZIP 86504 · Fort Defiance
Who lives in ZIP code 86504 (Fort Defiance, AZ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Fort Defiance, AZ · Apache County
uszips 2026
People5,760
Median age33.0
Household income$46,573
Home value$41,543
Median rent$844/mo
Poverty25.8%
College degree+14.4%
Commute22 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Mountain
- Density
- 11 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,709
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
15.5% are 65 or older; 75.7% are adults.
Household income
15.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $26,984.
Education (adults 25+)
59.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 23.6%
- Never married
- 56.8%
- Divorced
- 9.5%
- Widowed
- 10.1%
- Family size
- 4.09
- Dual-income families
- 29.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 67.0%
- Rent burden
- 18.2%
- Men / women
- 44% / 56%
Work
- In labor force
- 45.1%
- Unemployment
- 14.6%
- Self-employed
- 6.1%
- Farmers
- 2.7%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 4.7%
- Veterans
- 3.9%
- With a disability
- 14.4%
- No health insurance
- 31.4%
- Limited English
- 3.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.