86503 Zip Code (Chinle, AZ) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 9,967
Zip code population in 2010: 10,714
Zip code population in 2000: 11,302

Houses and condos: 3,868
Renter-occupied apartments: 758
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 86503: 81.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 832.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 12 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in 86503:

• High school or higher: 81.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
• Unemployed: 6.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 86503:

• Never married: 54.0%
• Now married: 34.3%
• Separated: 2.1%
• Widowed: 6.1%
• Divorced: 3.5%

• 
• • 9,21692.5%American Indian
  • 2712.7%Two or more races
  • 1891.9%White
  • 1381.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1071.1%Asian
  • 430.4%Black

Urban population: 3,270
Rural population: 6,696

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 86503, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,155 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,155
State:	$50,097

Salary/wage: $29,244 (reported on 93.3% of returns)

Here:	$29,244
State:	$42,146

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 82.4% for AGIs below $10k, 89.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 98.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 96.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 95.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $240 (reported on 9.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$240
Arizona:	$2,374

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $750 (reported on 2.4% of returns)

Here:	$750
State:	$3,888

Net capital gain/loss: +$265 (reported on 1.6% of returns)

Here:	+$265
State:	+$17,569

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,053 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	+$4,053
State:	+$11,088

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 15.0% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $1,810 (reported on 0.7% of returns)

86503:	$1,810
Arizona:	$3,023

Total itemized deductions: $18,147 (29% of AGI, reported on 8.7% of returns)

Here:	$18,147
State:	$19,781

Here:	28.5% of AGI
State:	21.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 9.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,738 (5% of AGI, reported on 6.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,738
State:	$3,389

Here:	5.5% of AGI
State:	3.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,798 (reported on 48.2% of returns)

86503:	$3,798
State:	$8,323

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,123 (reported on 46.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,123
State:	$1,786

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 71.2%

Here:	71%
State:	60%

(% for various income ranges: 69.6% for AGIs below $10k, 77.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 69.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 63.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 61.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 86520, 86538, 86540, 86547, 86556, 86507.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,133
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 2,074

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 121 (78 now married, 42 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 2,087 (582 now married, 1,514 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 86503 with a mortgage: 142
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $907
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $180

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 86503 household income distribution in 2022

• 708Less than $10,000
• 141$10,000 to $14,999
• 218$15,000 to $19,999
• 219$20,000 to $24,999
• 294$25,000 to $29,999
• 115$30,000 to $34,999
• 95$35,000 to $39,999
• 101$40,000 to $44,999
• 167$45,000 to $49,999
• 260$50,000 to $59,999
• 184$60,000 to $74,999
• 272$75,000 to $99,999
• 131$100,000 to $124,999
• 94$125,000 to $149,999
• 85$150,000 to $199,999
• 66$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 86503

• 284Less than $10,000
• 227$10,000 to $14,999
• 94$15,000 to $19,999
• 129$20,000 to $24,999
• 15$25,000 to $29,999
• 264$30,000 to $34,999
• 129$35,000 to $39,999
• 229$40,000 to $49,999
• 270$50,000 to $59,999
• 237$60,000 to $69,999
• 17$70,000 to $79,999
• 69$80,000 to $89,999
• 38$90,000 to $99,999
• 77$100,000 to $124,999
• 31$125,000 to $149,999
• 76$200,000 to $249,999
• 9$250,000 to $299,999
• 3$300,000 to $399,999
• 51$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 86503

• 44Less than $100
• 21$100 to $149
• 116$150 to $199
• 3$200 to $249
• 56$250 to $299
• 89$300 to $349
• 109$350 to $399
• 83$400 to $449
• 9$450 to $499
• 10$600 to $649
• 14$650 to $699
• 9$900 to $999
• 18$1,250 to $1,499
• 124No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $598.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $47,613
• Two or more races householders: $136,338

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $50,131 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $19,808 - $84,776

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $83,721

Here:	$83,721
State:	$521,408

Mobile homes: $71,110

Here:	$71,110
State:	$141,516

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 2,487
• One, attached: 39
• Two: 260
• 3 or 4: 204
• 5 to 9: 96
• Mobile homes: 732

Unemployment: 6.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 86503

• 80.3%2,198Drove a car alone
• 1.1%30Carpooled
• 1.2%33Bus or trolley bus
• 6.0%165Walked
• 0.4%11Other means
• 6.9%188Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 86503

• 62Less than 5 minutes
• 3265 to 9 minutes
• 21410 to 14 minutes
• 76915 to 19 minutes
• 19120 to 24 minutes
• 1925 to 29 minutes
• 49430 to 34 minutes
• 1335 to 39 minutes
• 440 to 44 minutes
• 12845 to 59 minutes
• 20260 to 89 minutes
• 2090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 91.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 9,967

• Male householders: 1,249 (640 living alone), Female householders: 1,947 (595 living alone)

• 1,148 spouses (1,148 opposite-sex spouses), 78 unmarried partners, (60 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,006 children (3,891 natural, 118 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 917 grandchildren, 106 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 0 foster children, 183 other relatives, 76 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 164 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 735 2-persons, 430 3-persons, 426 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 114 6-persons, 69 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 1,235 1-person, 39 2-persons

994 married couples with children.
937 single-parent households (36 men, 901 women).

32.1% of residents of 86503 zip code speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% very well, 50% not at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% very well, 12% well).
65.8% of residents speak other language at home (49% very well, 33% well, 16% not well, 1% not at all).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• COTTONWOOD DAY SCHOOL (NAVAJO ROUTE 4 in CHINLE, AZ)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-N35E04
  Organizations: CHINLE AGENCY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• CANYON DE CHELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (HWY 191 in CHINLE, AZ)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-155
  Organizations: CHINLE UNIFIED DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• COTTONWOOD DAY SCHOOL - BIA (NAVAJO ROUTE 4 25 MILES EAST OF CHINLE in CHINLE, AZ) . Federal Facility. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Tribal Land

  COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE (Bureau Of Indian Affairs Indian School)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: USDOI BIA OIEP (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: BIA COTTONWOOD DAY SCHOOL NN, USDOI BIA COTTONWOOD DAY SCHOOL, USDOI BIA COTTONWOOD DAY SCHOOL NN

• BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS NN (NAVAJO NATION 1.7 MILES EAST OF JCT SR 191 in CHINLE, AZ) . Tribal Land

  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES.
  Organizations: BIA CARE OF DEP COMMISSIONER (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• AGENCY FACILITY MANAGEMENT NN (CHINLE AT JUNCTION OF RT 7 NAVAJO NATION in CHINLE, AZ) . Federal Facility. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Tribal Land

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: U S D O I B I O I E P (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• BIA ROUGH ROCK COMMUNITY SCHOOL NN (ROUTE 8099 NAVAJO RESERVATION in ROUGH ROCK, AZ) . Federal Facility. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Tribal Land

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: USDOI BIA OIEP (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: USDOI BIA ROUGH ROCK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

• BRANCH OF NATURAL RESOURCES (NAVAJO ROUTE 7 in CHINLE, AZ)

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: B I A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• USDOI BIA YALE POINT RADIO TOWER NN (15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROUGH ROCK in CHINLE, AZ) . Federal Facility. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Tribal Land

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: USDOI BIA OIEP (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• BLACK MESA AGGREGATED URANIUM MINES (36'07'30'-30'00'N,109'45'00'-110'00'00'W in BLACK MESA, AZ)

  SUPERFUND (Superfund database)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 18.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 11.2%

Population in 1990: 10,679. Population change in the 1990s: +623 (+5.8%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 8,956
• Northeast: 34
• Midwest: 65
• South: 83
• West: 656

74% of the 86503 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Arizona.

100% of the 86503 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITIY AUTHORI (HWY 191 in CHINLE, AZ; small business) : $1,818,090 in 16 contracts from 2000 to 2004

  Contracts for Electric Services, Fueling and Other Petroleum Services - Excluding Storage, Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Water Supply Facilities, Other Utilities, and more by Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary)
  Signed by year: 2000: $507,000; 2001: $150,000; 2002: $0; 2003: $963,100; 2004: $197,990; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $588,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Electric Services. Taking place in NM. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  $281,900 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Fueling and Other Petroleum Services - Excluding Storage. Signed on 2003-08-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  $245,000 with Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) for Electric Services. Signed on 2000-12-15. Completion date: 2000-12-15.
  $202,000, same as above. Signed on 2000-11-15. Completion date: 2000-12-15.
  

• ANDREAS F SIRAA, MD (P.O. BOX 1699 in CHINLE, AZ; small business)

  $37,200 with Public Health Service for Nursing Services. Signed on 2005-04-27. Completion date: 2005-06-30.

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (50-99: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (50-99: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (20-49: 2)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Kidney Dialysis Centers (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (10-19: 1)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (10-19: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 86503 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	49	82.2 years
John	45	80.8 years
Ason	40	87.1 years
Hosteen	28	86.9 years
Kee	26	71.9 years
Joe	26	75.3 years
Bah	19	82.6 years
Zonnie	18	80.0 years
Alice	16	77.0 years
Nellie	15	80.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 86503 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Begay	160	75.1 years
Yazzie	87	72.9 years
Tsosie	58	73.9 years
Benally	36	72.6 years
Nez	32	68.1 years
James	24	67.5 years
Jones	22	70.8 years
Bahe	21	66.3 years
Brown	20	72.4 years
Lee	20	70.9 years

Businesses in zip code 86503
Name	Count		Name	Count
Best Western	1		Holiday Inn	1
Burger King	1		Subway	1
Church's Chicken	1		U-Haul	1
H&R Block	1