Census-designated place · McKinley County, New Mexico

Crownpoint, New Mexico

Crownpoint is a census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, part of the Gallup, NM metro area. It has 2,882 residents. Crownpoint, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,092 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #137 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on premature death (high), food environment index (low) and new business applications (low).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,092 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #137 of 163 in NM
Population: 2,882 (2020-2024)
Land area: 67 mi²
Density: 43.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3518940

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,931/15,637
Economy0#15,559/15,631
Housing—
Health1#15,509/15,609
Healthcare12#13,847/15,650
Environment98#280/15,453
Education12#13,769/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,143/15,650
Community1#15,553/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,473/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crownpoint, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “McKinley County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.2×
99/100New Mexico 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.6 µg/m³
98/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMcKinley County value
Property crime rate · low305 /100k
97/100New Mexico 2,240 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureMcKinley County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
91/100New Mexico 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureMcKinley County value
Natural hazard risk · low10.8
82/100New Mexico 49.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMcKinley County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low136 min
77/100New Mexico 169 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMcKinley County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high25,025 /100k
0/100New Mexico 12,175 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMcKinley County value
Food environment index · low3.2
0/100New Mexico 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMcKinley County value
New business applications · low4.8 /1k
0/100New Mexico 19.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMcKinley County value
Dental care shortage · high21.0
0/100New Mexico 16.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMcKinley County value
Math scores · low2.11
0/100New Mexico 2.70United States 3.032018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMcKinley County value
Life expectancy · low66.1 yrs
1/100New Mexico 74.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMcKinley County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,419 (2015-2019) → 2,882 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
20.1% (2015-2019) → 41.9% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
49.2% (2015-2019) → 60.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
80.9% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
14.4% (2015-2019) → 20.9% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crownpoint, New Mexico improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Unemployment−13 points20.2% → 6.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Crownpoint, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.2 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	49.2%2015-2019	60.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Child poverty rate	43.4%2015-2019	44.7%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	80.9%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.2×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4862020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$42,7082015-2019	$51,0112020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	30.9%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Unemployment rate	20.2%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	100%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.6%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crownpoint, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crownpoint, New Mexico in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crownpoint, New Mexico itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,882 residents (±426)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−3.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,882 residents (±426)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White3.7%†106
Black0.9%†26
Hispanic or Latino2.2%†

Education

2,004 residents (±348)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma12%†239
High school or GED42%†834
Some college19%375

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

936 households (±165)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k33%†313
$25k–50k15%†136
$50k–75k13%†126
$75k–100k19%†178
$100k–150k8.8%†82
$150k–200k7.9%†74
$200k or more2.9%†27

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−13.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

936 households (±165)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own44%411
Rent56%†525

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

479 households (±172)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75070%†336
$750–1,0007.7%†37
$1,000–1,50013%†

Home values

411 homes (±95)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k87%†356
$150k–250k11%†46
$250k–400k2.2%†9

Age of homes

1,177 homes (±153)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later3.5%†41
2000–200918%†213
1980–199935%415

Size of homes

1,177 homes (±153)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio7.5%†88
1 bedroom4.0%†47
2 bedrooms36%†429

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,081 workers (±188)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone86%927
Carpool2.2%†24
Public transit0.8%†9
Walk4.3%†47
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.0%†65
Other0.8%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+11.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,016 workers (±189)

Crownpoint, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min56%568
15–29 min22%†223
30–44 min6.8%†69

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Gallup, NM

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of McKinley County, the county holding most of Crownpoint's residents.

McKinley County has 940 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.65× New Mexico's), with 15,236 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,392. The Census Bureau also counts 2,951 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 940; 2,951 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 15,236
Average annual pay: $40,392; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of McKinley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	101	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	2,157	$19,848	40
Ambulatory health care services	75	10.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,142	$38,701	103
Limited-service restaurants	52	7.6	0.94×About typical	1,229	$20,161	8
Gasoline stations	44	6.4	1.97×More than typical	564	$30,608	—
Full-service restaurants	40	5.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	778	$20,159	18
Specialty trade contractors	36	5.2	0.34×Fewer than typical	279	$44,516	164
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	4.8	0.95×About typical	193	$32,036	41
Traveler accommodation	31	4.5	2.50×More than typical	453	$21,269	6
Lessors of real estate	30	4.4	0.35×Fewer than typical	120	$39,975	100
Clothing and accessories stores	28	4.1	1.12×About typical	298	$19,748	50
Religious organizations	26	3.8	0.68×Fewer than typical	196	$25,495	—
Individual and family services	24	3.5	1.25×About typical	688	$33,328	22

Rank places for an industry Open McKinley County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 68,802 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $737.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crownpoint, New Mexico: $256 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $737.6K; −97% vs FY2025
Per resident: $256; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Indian Health Service$499.4K68%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$236.9K32%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$1,2500.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.3MFY2017
1MFY2018
1.3MFY2019
1.9MFY2020
2MFY2021
2.8MFY2022
3.3MFY2023
3.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$327.6K44%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$143.1K19%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$120.1K16%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$107.5K15%
Offices of physicians · 6211$68.1K9.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crownpoint, New Mexico, so they do not add up across cities.

Crownpoint, New Mexico's figures are part of those of McKinley County, NM ($107.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crownpoint is mostly in McKinley County.

See federal money in McKinley County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crownpoint, New Mexico is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

McKinley County6100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Gallup, NM9

Other cities and towns in McKinley County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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