Tselakai Dezza vs White Mesa

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

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

Tselakai Dezza has the higher population (92 vs 74 in White Mesa). White Mesa has the higher median household income ($53,839 vs $24,063 in Tselakai Dezza). Since 2019, Tselakai Dezza's population has grown faster (-4.2% vs -57.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
Population	92	74
Median age	43.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,063	$53,839
Median home value	$65,000	—
Housing units	37	70
Homeownership rate	90.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
Population	96 → 92 (-4.2%)	173 → 74 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $24,063 (-23.0%)	$13,056 → $53,839 (+312.4%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $65,000 (+11.7%)	—

Tselakai Dezza

Population

9692

Median household income

$31,250$24,063

Median home value

$58,200$65,000

White Mesa

Population

17374

Median household income

$13,056$53,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	23.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	27.0%
75 and over	2.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tselakai Dezza	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+

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
No high school diploma	12.1%	21.4%
High school graduate	29.3%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
Drove alone	82.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
1-unit, detached	94.6%	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	5.4%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Tselakai Dezza	White Mesa
Poverty rate	55.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.97	1.64
Median year structure built	1985	1979