Montezuma Creek vs Tselakai Dezza

A side-by-side comparison of Montezuma Creek and Tselakai Dezza: population, income, housing, and more.

Montezuma Creek and Tselakai Dezza are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montezuma Creek has the higher population (256 vs 92 in Tselakai Dezza). Tselakai Dezza has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $38,900 in Montezuma Creek). Since 2019, Tselakai Dezza's population has grown faster (-4.2% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
Population	256	92
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,063
Median home value	$38,900	$65,000
Housing units	108	37
Homeownership rate	80.2%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	26.5%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
Population	386 → 256 (-33.7%)	96 → 92 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $39,750 (+44.5%)	$31,250 → $24,063 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$32,700 → $38,900 (+19.0%)	$58,200 → $65,000 (+11.7%)

Montezuma Creek

Population

386256

Median household income

$27,500$39,750

Median home value

$32,700$38,900

Tselakai Dezza

Population

9692

Median household income

$31,250$24,063

Median home value

$58,200$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
Under 5	3.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	28.9%	26.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	26.6%	23.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.9%
75 and over	2.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.4%	100.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
No high school diploma	20.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
Drove alone	94.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
1-unit, detached	76.9%	94.6%
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	23.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma Creek	Tselakai Dezza
Poverty rate	30.3%	55.4%
Average household size	2.98	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1984	1985