Nageezi vs Navajo Dam

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

Nageezi 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.

Nageezi has the higher population (279 vs 240 in Navajo Dam). Navajo Dam has the higher median home value ($213,600 vs $46,600 in Nageezi). Since 2019, Nageezi's population has grown faster (+52.5% vs -9.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
Population	279	240
Median age	50.2 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$10,921	—
Median home value	$46,600	$213,600
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	104	228
Homeownership rate	65.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	25.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
Population	183 → 279 (+52.5%)	266 → 240 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$11,750 → $10,921 (-7.1%)	$61,111 → $63,375 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $46,600 (+48.9%)	$96,700 → $213,600 (+120.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $692 (+12.9%)	—

Nageezi

Population

183279

Median household income

$11,750$10,921

Median home value

$31,300$46,600

Median gross rent

$613$692

Navajo Dam

Population

266240

Median household income

$61,111$63,375

Median home value

$96,700$213,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	1.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	31.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	32.5%
75 and over	8.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	47.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.8%	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	1.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
No high school diploma	38.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	13.3%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
Drove alone	89.7%	94.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
1-unit, detached	75.0%	30.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	69.3%

Poverty & households

	Nageezi	Navajo Dam
Poverty rate	57.3%	34.2%
Average household size	3.58	2.88
Median year structure built	1980	1995