Fort Wingate vs Yah-ta-hey

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Wingate and Yah-ta-hey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yah-ta-hey has the higher population (480 vs 451 in Fort Wingate). Fort Wingate has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $42,903 in Yah-ta-hey). Since 2019, Fort Wingate's population has grown faster (+65.2% vs -12.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
Population	451	480
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$42,903
Median home value	—	$21,400
Median gross rent	$1,088	—
Housing units	249	149
Homeownership rate	15.7%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
Population	273 → 451 (+65.2%)	548 → 480 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$223,136 → $250,001 (+12.0%)	$31,157 → $42,903 (+37.7%)
Median home value	—	$66,000 → $21,400 (-67.6%)

Fort Wingate

Population

273451

Median household income

$223,136$250,001

Yah-ta-hey

Population

548480

Median household income

$31,157$42,903

Median home value

$66,000$21,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	4.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	16.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	52.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	20.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	1.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.7%	79.6%
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	33.3%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
No high school diploma	4.0%	37.1%
High school graduate	19.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	52.4%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
Drove alone	86.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
1-unit, detached	77.9%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	58.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wingate	Yah-ta-hey
Poverty rate	0.0%	28.3%
Average household size	2.28	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1960	1996