Continental Divide vs Nakaibito

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

Continental Divide 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 174 in Continental Divide). Since 2019, Continental Divide's population has grown faster (+128.9% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
Population	174	251
Median age	74.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$31,250
Median home value	—	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	55	106
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
Population	76 → 174 (+128.9%)	297 → 251 (-15.5%)
Median household income	—	$25,781 → $31,250 (+21.2%)
Median home value	—	$44,600 → $45,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $775 (-15.1%)

Continental Divide

Population

76174

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)

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	23.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.8%
75 and over	35.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
White (non-Hispanic)	13.8%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.2%	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	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
No high school diploma	18.4%	21.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
Drove alone	35.9%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	64.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
1-unit, detached	58.2%	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	41.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Continental Divide	Nakaibito
Poverty rate	0.0%	42.6%
Average household size	3.16	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	—	1988