What is the median rent in Joseph City, AZ?

Name: Median rent in Joseph City, AZ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Joseph City, AZ is $1,089 (±$55) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 151 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Joseph City, the median gross rent went from $691 in 2015–2019 to $1,089 in 2020–2024 (+57.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,089 (±$55)
Rented homes: 151 (±96)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +57.6%

How much rent costs in Joseph City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Joseph City	Navajo County	Arizona	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±25.3 points)	19.8%	3.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	22.5% (±24.6 points)	39.6%	15.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	77.5% (±24.6 points)	29.5%	28.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±25.3 points)	6.3%	27.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±25.3 points)	3.6%	15.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±25.3 points)	0.3%	5.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±25.3 points)	0.9%	3.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 77.5% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Joseph City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Joseph City against Navajo County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Joseph City	Navajo County	Arizona	United States
Median gross rent	$1,089 (±$55)	$858 (±$58)	$1,543 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	151 (±96)	9,167 (±663)	889,339 (±6,896)	42,849,984

In Joseph City, median gross rent is higher than in Navajo County ($858).

It is also lower than in Arizona ($1,543).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Navajo County, Joseph City ranks 5 of 18 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 90 of 178.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Joseph City has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$691 (±$146)	$1,089 (±$55)	+57.6%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	27.7% (±8.4 points)	27.3% (±14.3 points)	−0.4 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	9.2% (±10.6 points)	4.1% (±7.7 points)	−5.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Joseph City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Joseph City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Joseph City	—	$1,089 (±$55)	—
Holbrook	10 mi	$905 (±$222)	Not measurably different
Winslow	22 mi	$1,051 (±$87)	Not measurably different
Dilkon	27 mi	$711 (±$100)	Lower
Snowflake	33 mi	$1,350 (±$492)	Not measurably different
Taylor	38 mi	$743 (±$419)	Not measurably different
Heber-Overgaard	40 mi	$730 (±$215)	Lower
White Mountain Lake	47 mi	$628 (±$469)	Not measurably different
Show Low	51 mi	$1,110 (±$89)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Dilkon, AZ ($711), Heber-Overgaard, AZ ($730).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Navajo County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Snowflake	$1,350 (±$492)
2	Wagon Wheel	$1,309 (±$299)
3	Pinetop-Lakeside	$1,200 (±$299)
4	Show Low	$1,110 (±$89)
5	Joseph City	$1,089 (±$55)
6	Winslow	$1,051 (±$87)
7	Cibecue	$909 (±$429)
8	Holbrook	$905 (±$222)
9	North Fork	$817 (±$285)
10	Lake of the Woods	$812 (±$253)
11	Kayenta	$772 (±$254)

Showing 11 of 18 places in Navajo County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Joseph City is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Joseph City

What is the average rent in Joseph City, AZ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Joseph City is $1,089 (±$55) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Joseph City?

In Joseph City, the median gross rent went from $691 in 2015–2019 to $1,089 in 2020–2024 (+57.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Joseph City cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Joseph City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Joseph City higher than in Navajo County?

In Joseph City, median gross rent is higher than in Navajo County ($858).

It is also lower than in Arizona ($1,543).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Joseph City CDP, Arizona (place:36430, in state:04).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.