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Kayenta, Arizona.

A community in Navajo County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Navajo County’s.

Living in Kayenta, Navajo County, Arizona

Kayenta, in Navajo County, had 4,670 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $58,423 a year and half less, against $54,606 across Navajo County. Unemployment in Navajo County was 7.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Navajo County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,670 in the 2020 census
Household income $58,423 the median, give or take $7,579 · Navajo County: $54,606
Unemployment 7.7% Navajo County, August 2026; 6.8% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Kayenta for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,495households
  • 18%of adults have a degree

What people in Navajo County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care33%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Government9%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Navajo County had 27,910 jobs in 2025, 2.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 60°. About 36 inches of snow and 11 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Betatakin weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Navajo County

  1. Summit HealthcareGeneral hospital1,094FTE
  2. Usphs Hospital-whiteriverGeneral hospital702FTE
  3. Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services553
  4. Northland Pioneer CollegeTwo-year college486
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters448
  6. Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services366
  7. Arizona Department of CorrectionsCorrectional institutions362
  8. Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396)School district318FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 46 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,769 people in all across the county; Kayenta has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kayenta’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Navajo County.