Navajo Dam vs Sanostee

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

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

Sanostee has the higher population (259 vs 240 in Navajo Dam). Navajo Dam has the higher median home value ($213,600 vs $36,800 in Sanostee). Since 2019, Navajo Dam's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -48.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
Population	240	259
Median age	58.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,917
Median home value	$213,600	$36,800
Housing units	228	140
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
Population	266 → 240 (-9.8%)	500 → 259 (-48.2%)
Median household income	$61,111 → $63,375 (+3.7%)	$21,964 → $52,917 (+140.9%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $213,600 (+120.9%)	$55,500 → $36,800 (-33.7%)

Navajo Dam

Population

266240

Median household income

$61,111$63,375

Median home value

$96,700$213,600

Sanostee

Population

500259

Median household income

$21,964$52,917

Median home value

$55,500$36,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	32.5%	14.7%
75 and over	11.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	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	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
No high school diploma	2.8%	25.2%
High school graduate	58.0%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
Drove alone	94.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
1-unit, detached	30.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	69.3%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Navajo Dam	Sanostee
Poverty rate	34.2%	24.7%
Average household size	2.88	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1995	1983