Crystal vs Navajo Dam

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal and Navajo Dam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crystal has the higher population (302 vs 240 in Navajo Dam). Navajo Dam has the higher median home value ($213,600 vs $75,800 in Crystal). Since 2019, Navajo Dam's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
Population	302	240
Median age	35.7 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median home value	$75,800	$213,600
Housing units	95	228
Homeownership rate	91.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	25.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
Population	345 → 302 (-12.5%)	266 → 240 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $33,125 (-18.7%)	$61,111 → $63,375 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $75,800 (+42.7%)	$96,700 → $213,600 (+120.9%)

Crystal

Population

345302

Median household income

$40,750$33,125

Median home value

$53,100$75,800

Navajo Dam

Population

266240

Median household income

$61,111$63,375

Median home value

$96,700$213,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	32.5%
75 and over	10.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	47.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.4%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
Drove alone	86.7%	94.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
1-unit, detached	95.8%	30.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	69.3%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Navajo Dam
Poverty rate	29.8%	34.2%
Average household size	4.17	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1990	1995