Prewitt vs Tohatchi

A side-by-side comparison of Prewitt and Tohatchi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tohatchi has the higher population (695 vs 645 in Prewitt). Tohatchi has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $22,966 in Prewitt). Tohatchi has the higher median home value ($51,500 vs $30,300 in Prewitt).

Population, income & housing

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
Population	645	695
Median age	16.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$22,966	$41,875
Median home value	$30,300	$51,500
Median gross rent	—	$606
Housing units	253	289
Homeownership rate	96.1%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	36.7%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
Population	759 → 645 (-15.0%)	741 → 695 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$25,893 → $22,966 (-11.3%)	$43,281 → $41,875 (-3.2%)
Median home value	—	$54,300 → $51,500 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$605 → $606 (+0.2%)

Prewitt

Population

759645

Median household income

$25,893$22,966

Tohatchi

Population

741695

Median household income

$43,281$41,875

Median home value

$54,300$51,500

Median gross rent

$605$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
Under 5	3.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	50.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	2.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.2%	90.2%
Asian	0.0%	7.5%
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	0.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
No high school diploma	36.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
Drove alone	83.3%	62.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
1-unit, detached	66.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Prewitt	Tohatchi
Poverty rate	61.4%	41.3%
Average household size	3.62	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1982	1986