Nageezi vs Sanostee

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

Nageezi and Sanostee 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 259 in Sanostee). Sanostee has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $10,921 in Nageezi). Nageezi has the higher median home value ($46,600 vs $36,800 in Sanostee).

Population, income & housing

	Nageezi	Sanostee
Population	279	259
Median age	50.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$10,921	$52,917
Median home value	$46,600	$36,800
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	104	140
Homeownership rate	65.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nageezi	Sanostee
Population	183 → 279 (+52.5%)	500 → 259 (-48.2%)
Median household income	$11,750 → $10,921 (-7.1%)	$21,964 → $52,917 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $46,600 (+48.9%)	$55,500 → $36,800 (-33.7%)
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

Sanostee

Population

500259

Median household income

$21,964$52,917

Median home value

$55,500$36,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nageezi	Sanostee
Under 5	6.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	1.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	1.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	31.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	7.9%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.7%
75 and over	8.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nageezi	Sanostee
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.8%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nageezi	Sanostee
No high school diploma	38.6%	25.2%
High school graduate	13.3%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nageezi	Sanostee
Drove alone	89.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nageezi	Sanostee
1-unit, detached	75.0%	82.1%
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%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Nageezi	Sanostee
Poverty rate	57.3%	24.7%
Average household size	3.58	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1980	1983