Mesita vs Skyline-Ganipa

A side-by-side comparison of Mesita and Skyline-Ganipa: population, income, housing, and more.

Mesita and Skyline-Ganipa are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Skyline-Ganipa has the higher population (937 vs 823 in Mesita). Mesita has the higher median household income ($239,141 vs $66,071 in Skyline-Ganipa). Since 2019, Mesita's population has grown faster (-0.2% vs -11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
Population	823	937
Median age	19.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$239,141	$66,071
Median home value	—	$57,200
Housing units	81	340
Homeownership rate	38.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
Population	825 → 823 (-0.2%)	1,055 → 937 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $239,141 (+591.5%)	$52,375 → $66,071 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $39,000 (-50.9%)	$60,000 → $57,200 (-4.7%)

Mesita

Population

825823

Median household income

$34,583$239,141

Median home value

$79,400$39,000

Skyline-Ganipa

Population

1,055937

Median household income

$52,375$66,071

Median home value

$60,000$57,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
Under 5	1.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	45.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	2.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	5.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.9%
75 and over	1.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.5%	82.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	43.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
Drove alone	73.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	26.4%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
1-unit, detached	75.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Mesita	Skyline-Ganipa
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.8%
Average household size	15.60	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	14	34
Median year structure built	1981	1984