Dulce vs Ohkay Owingeh

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

Dulce 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.

Dulce has the higher population (2,782 vs 1,178 in Ohkay Owingeh). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $41,886 in Dulce). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $58,100 in Dulce).

Population, income & housing

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	2,782	1,178
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,886	$65,179
Median home value	$58,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$552	$421
Housing units	1,194	380
Homeownership rate	62.6%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	2,750 → 2,782 (+1.2%)	1,256 → 1,178 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$42,768 → $41,886 (-2.1%)	$43,333 → $65,179 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $58,100 (-40.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $552 (+11.7%)	$614 → $421 (-31.4%)

Dulce

Population

2,7502,782

Median household income

$42,768$41,886

Median home value

$97,100$58,100

Median gross rent

$494$552

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)

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
Under 5	2.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	13.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	23.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	82.8%	77.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
Drove alone	82.9%	93.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
1-unit, detached	55.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Dulce	Ohkay Owingeh
Poverty rate	15.3%	19.7%
Average household size	2.66	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	8	11
Median year structure built	1988	1979