Mexican Hat vs White Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Mexican Hat and White Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

Mexican Hat and White Mesa are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Mesa has the higher population (74 vs 18 in Mexican Hat).

Population, income & housing

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
Population	18	74
Median age	—	52.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,839
Housing units	18	70
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
Population	0 → 18 (+0.0%)	173 → 74 (-57.2%)
Median household income	—	$13,056 → $53,839 (+312.4%)

Mexican Hat

Population

018

White Mesa

Population

17374

Median household income

$13,056$53,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	100.0%	27.0%
75 and over	0.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	16.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	83.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
No high school diploma	100.0%	21.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
Drove alone	—	78.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	22.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	68.6%
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	0.0%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Mexican Hat	White Mesa
Poverty rate	100.0%	10.8%
Average household size	—	1.64
Median year structure built	—	1979