Chimayo vs Ohkay Owingeh

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

Chimayo 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.

Chimayo has the higher population (2,726 vs 1,178 in Ohkay Owingeh). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $52,305 in Chimayo). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $214,000 in Chimayo).

Population, income & housing

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	2,726	1,178
Median age	48.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,305	$65,179
Median home value	$214,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$834	$421
Housing units	1,414	380
Homeownership rate	80.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	2,641 → 2,726 (+3.2%)	1,256 → 1,178 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$56,513 → $52,305 (-7.4%)	$43,333 → $65,179 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $214,000 (+27.4%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $834 (-8.1%)	$614 → $421 (-31.4%)

Chimayo

Population

2,6412,726

Median household income

$56,513$52,305

Median home value

$168,000$214,000

Median gross rent

$908$834

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)

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
Under 5	8.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	23.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.4%
75 and over	9.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
Drove alone	82.5%	93.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
1-unit, detached	58.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	41.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Chimayo	Ohkay Owingeh
Poverty rate	25.5%	19.7%
Average household size	2.33	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	11
Median year structure built	1978	1979