Chamita vs Ohkay Owingeh

A side-by-side comparison of Chamita and Ohkay Owingeh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ohkay Owingeh has the higher population (1,178 vs 829 in Chamita). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $62,813 in Chamita). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $230,700 in Chamita).

Population, income & housing

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	829	1,178
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$65,179
Median home value	$230,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$725	$421
Housing units	392	380
Homeownership rate	85.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	899 → 829 (-7.8%)	1,256 → 1,178 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$29,792 → $62,813 (+110.8%)	$43,333 → $65,179 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $230,700 (+33.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)	$614 → $421 (-31.4%)

Chamita

Population

899829

Median household income

$29,792$62,813

Median home value

$173,400$230,700

Median gross rent

$625$725

Ohkay Owingeh

Population

1,2561,178

Median household income

$43,333$65,179

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$614$421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	23.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.4%
75 and over	11.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	77.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	91.1%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
Drove alone	85.2%	93.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
1-unit, detached	50.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Chamita	Ohkay Owingeh
Poverty rate	20.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.49	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1978	1979