Fort Wingate vs Ojo Encino

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Wingate and Ojo Encino: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 451. Fort Wingate has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $28,750 in Ojo Encino). Since 2019, Fort Wingate's population has grown faster (+65.2% vs +11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
Population	451	451
Median age	34.2 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$28,750
Median home value	—	$93,300
Median gross rent	$1,088	$930
Housing units	249	126
Homeownership rate	15.7%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	40.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
Population	273 → 451 (+65.2%)	406 → 451 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$223,136 → $250,001 (+12.0%)	$23,138 → $28,750 (+24.3%)
Median home value	—	$84,400 → $93,300 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $930 (+73.8%)

Fort Wingate

Population

273451

Median household income

$223,136$250,001

Ojo Encino

Population

406451

Median household income

$23,138$28,750

Median home value

$84,400$93,300

Median gross rent

$535$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	4.9%	23.1%
18 to 24	16.9%	21.1%
25 to 34	52.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	4.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	2.7%
75 and over	0.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	1.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.7%	95.8%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
No high school diploma	4.0%	19.1%
High school graduate	19.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	52.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
Drove alone	86.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
1-unit, detached	77.9%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wingate	Ojo Encino
Poverty rate	0.0%	71.6%
Average household size	2.28	4.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	60
Median year structure built	1960	1992