Haystack vs Nakaibito

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

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

Haystack has the higher population (347 vs 251 in Nakaibito). Nakaibito has the higher median household income ($31,250 vs $19,074 in Haystack). Haystack has the higher median home value ($109,300 vs $45,000 in Nakaibito).

Population, income & housing

	Haystack	Nakaibito
Population	347	251
Median age	57.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,074	$31,250
Median home value	$109,300	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	131	106
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	22.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haystack	Nakaibito
Population	214 → 347 (+62.1%)	297 → 251 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $19,074 (-67.3%)	$25,781 → $31,250 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $109,300 (+191.5%)	$44,600 → $45,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $775 (-15.1%)

Haystack

Population

214347

Median household income

$58,333$19,074

Median home value

$37,500$109,300

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)

	Haystack	Nakaibito
Under 5	0.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	0.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	1.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	59.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	10.8%
75 and over	3.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haystack	Nakaibito
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.7%	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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haystack	Nakaibito
No high school diploma	77.2%	21.3%
High school graduate	12.1%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haystack	Nakaibito
Drove alone	65.9%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haystack	Nakaibito
1-unit, detached	26.7%	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	73.3%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Haystack	Nakaibito
Poverty rate	70.9%	42.6%
Average household size	2.80	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1994	1988