El Rito vs Ohkay Owingeh

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

El Rito 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 961 in El Rito). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $24,611 in El Rito). Ohkay Owingeh has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $273,700 in El Rito).

Population, income & housing

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	961	1,178
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,611	$65,179
Median home value	$273,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$421
Housing units	521	380
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
Population	808 → 961 (+18.9%)	1,256 → 1,178 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$29,024 → $24,611 (-15.2%)	$43,333 → $65,179 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $273,700 (+90.3%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $421 (-31.4%)

El Rito

Population

808961

Median household income

$29,024$24,611

Median home value

$143,800$273,700

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)

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
Under 5	14.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	13.2%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	23.2%
45 to 54	0.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	1.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	28.2%	8.4%
75 and over	18.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	77.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
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	99.8%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
No high school diploma	41.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	16.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
Drove alone	38.6%	93.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	49.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
1-unit, detached	60.5%	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	39.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	El Rito	Ohkay Owingeh
Poverty rate	58.5%	19.7%
Average household size	2.04	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1985	1979