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A town of 2,882, settled in 1911.
Crownpoint gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $61K, 1.3 years of the Gallup area’s $48K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 41st of 72 in New Mexico. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $51K, and 32% of residents live below the poverty line, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 32% of residents live below the poverty line in Crownpoint, against 20% in New Mexico’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Crownpoint is home to Navajo Technical University. Only 4 of the 73 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower owner-occupancy rate than Crownpoint.
Where Crownpoint beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
2,278 counted in 2010 and 2,900 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Crownpoint is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,630 in 2000, 2,900 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1963 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crownpoint. Close and well known come first.
4 mi National Historical ParkChaco Culture National Historical Park30K visitors a year
33 mi Park & preserveAh-shi-sle-pah Wilderness
28 mi LandmarkFort WingateChaco Culture National Historical Park: National Park Service (United States), Public domain · Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Wingate: Elias Olcott Beaman / James Fennemore / John Karl Hillers, Public domain
Crownpoint is unincorporated, so McKinley County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Crownpoint.
Crownpoint carries less natural-hazard risk than most of New Mexico (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Gallup and beyond and is mostly renters.
For adults in Crownpoint, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 41%. Among 73 New Mexico towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Crownpoint. Of 32 CDC measures, Crownpoint beats the New Mexico average on 1 and trails it on 22.
| Crownpoint | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 25% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Crownpoint | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 7.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 23.9% | 11% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The Gallup school district runs its public schools. The 4 public schools in Crownpoint teach 1,064 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crownpoint ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 281 | B |
| Crownpoint HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 279 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
1,174 jobs are based in Crownpoint, 3.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The median commute is under 40 miles. 24% of Crownpoint working residents work locally. The top destinations are Gallup (21%), Albuquerque (10%) and Farmington (7%). Jobs here fell by 62 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,174.
| Crownpoint | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The trail network density in Crownpoint is 1.0 miles per square mile. In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 68 miles of trail. Chaco Culture National Historical Park, at 259 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chaco Culture National Historical Park | 1.5 mi | 259 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 87% of New Mexico towns; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
For Crownpoint, the FEMA risk score is 23 of 100. FEMA puts 63% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 88° and January nights drop to 19°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crownpoint
About 9 of every 100 Crownpoint residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
3 notable people were born in Crownpoint.
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Crownpoint (Navajo: Tʼiistsʼóóz Ńdeeshgizh) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population was 2,900 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,278 in 2010. It is located along the Trail of the Ancients Byway, a designated New Mexico Scenic Byway.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Crownpoint grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #41 of 72 in New Mexico. It grades D− for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
3 notable people were born here, including Lori Alvord and Doreen Wonda Johnson.
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