Bluewater vs Nakaibito

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Nakaibito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nakaibito has the higher population (251 vs 241 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($121,083 vs $31,250 in Nakaibito). Bluewater has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $45,000 in Nakaibito).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
Population	241	251
Median age	60.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$121,083	$31,250
Median home value	$268,100	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	129	106
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
Population	226 → 241 (+6.6%)	297 → 251 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$135,727 → $121,083 (-10.8%)	$25,781 → $31,250 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$247,400 → $268,100 (+8.4%)	$44,600 → $45,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $775 (-15.1%)

Bluewater

Population

226241

Median household income

$135,727$121,083

Median home value

$247,400$268,100

Nakaibito

Population

297251

Median household income

$25,781$31,250

Median home value

$44,600$45,000

Median gross rent

$913$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	24.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	43.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	19.1%	10.8%
75 and over	12.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	96.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
No high school diploma	19.1%	21.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
Drove alone	40.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	36.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	23.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
1-unit, detached	62.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Nakaibito
Poverty rate	0.0%	42.6%
Average household size	2.27	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1990	1988