Crystal vs Sanostee

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

Crystal and Sanostee 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 259 in Sanostee). Crystal has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $36,800 in Sanostee). Since 2019, Crystal's population has grown faster (-12.5% vs -48.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Sanostee
Population	302	259
Median age	35.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,917
Median home value	$75,800	$36,800
Housing units	95	140
Homeownership rate	91.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Sanostee
Population	345 → 302 (-12.5%)	500 → 259 (-48.2%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $33,125 (-18.7%)	$21,964 → $52,917 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $75,800 (+42.7%)	$55,500 → $36,800 (-33.7%)

Crystal

Population

345302

Median household income

$40,750$33,125

Median home value

$53,100$75,800

Sanostee

Population

500259

Median household income

$21,964$52,917

Median home value

$55,500$36,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Sanostee
Under 5	3.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	20.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	14.7%
75 and over	10.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Sanostee
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Sanostee
No high school diploma	12.7%	25.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Sanostee
Drove alone	86.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Sanostee
1-unit, detached	95.8%	82.1%
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%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Sanostee
Poverty rate	29.8%	24.7%
Average household size	4.17	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	47
Median year structure built	1990	1983