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35.52° N · 108.49° W · GEOID 3534830

Iyanbito

McKinley County, New Mexico · part of the Gallup, NM metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Iyanbito is home to 1,233 people. Median household income is $52,500 a year and median rent is $642 a month, 14.7% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $49,300, about 0.9x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$642
53% below the median place
Median household income
$52,500
35% below the median place
Median home value
$49,300
85% below the median place
Unemployment
15.4%
215% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Iyanbito

  • The median home is worth 0.9 years of the median household's income, fewer than in 99% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • 0% of residents were born outside the US, fewer than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 42 New Mexico places.
  • Household income has grown 13.7% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 98% of places its size. It is the 2nd-highest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • Households average 3.69 people, larger than in 98% of places its size. It is the 2nd-highest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 250 hours a year commuting, more than in 96% of places its size. It is the highest of 37 New Mexico places.
01

Moving to Iyanbito

McKinley County loses about 15.8 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in1,754
Moved out2,578
Net−824

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within New Mexico, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New MexicoOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$40K
Leavers$43K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of McKinley County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
2.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.2% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into McKinley County report $39,700 a year in income on average; those leaving, $43,500, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$25,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $642 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,030 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $49,300.
Getting to work
36 minutes each way on average; 10.1% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Holdenville, OK matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving in6
$39,733
44% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
-15.8
below the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out6
$43,470
38% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure2.5%57% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.2%39% below
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-15.8below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$39,73344% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$43,47038% below
02

What it costs to live here

Home price to income is 0.9x, 75% below the median place.

Iyanbito14.7%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$25,680
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
14.7%
28% below the median place
Home price to income
0.9x
75% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
15%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$45,300
a year, prices not adjusted
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Median home value1
$49,300
85% below the median place
Property tax rate1
3.2%
251% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,030
45% below the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$64253% below
Rent to income114.7%28% below
Property tax rate13.2%251% above
Home price to income10.9x75% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms2County figure$1,14029% below
HUD area median income3County figure$56,40047% below
Property tax paid (median)1County figure$1,57452% below
Median home value1$49,30085% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure5.0%57% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure38.0%26% below
Homeownership185.3%29% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure43.6%14% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,03045% below
Vacant homes117.5%148% above
Median year built119881% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Unemployment1
15.4%
215% above the median place
Poverty rate1
32.2%
199% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$20,966 −48%
Mean commute36 min +44%
Median household income$52,500 −35%
Works from home10.1% −19%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$52,50035% below
Income per person1$20,96648% below
Unemployment115.4%215% above
Average annual pay5County figure$49,17725% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.1%11% above
Jobs5County figure19,35387% below
Poverty rate132.2%199% above
Mean commute136 min44% above
Works from home110.1%19% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Born abroad is 0.0%, below the median place (median 8.8%).

Born abroad1
0.0%
below the median place (median 8.8%)
Homes with broadband1
65.0%
30% below the median place
No health insurance1
25.4%
297% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size3.7 +48%
Bachelor's or higher13.7% −57%
High school or higher78.4% −15%
Median age35.6 −9%
All 8 people measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,2336646th largest
Median age135.69% below
Bachelor's or higher113.7%57% below
High school or higher178.4%15% below
Household size13.748% above
Born abroad10.0%below (median 8.8%)
No health insurance125.4%297% above
Homes with broadband165.0%30% below
05

Life in Iyanbito

78 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars15.2 −27%
Shops30.4 +0%
Arts, recreation and fitness1.0 −76%
Doctors' offices and clinics10.6 −48%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7
1.0
76% below the median place
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7
10.6
48% below the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k7
15.2
27% below the median place
All 15 schools and local life measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure41356% above
Public school students10County figure14,798202% above
Students per teacher10County figure15.51% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure15.227% below
Shops per 10k7County figure30.40% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure1.076% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure10.648% below
Parks per 10k80.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure78above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Hurricane risk is 0.0, below the median place (median 70.7).

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Iyanbito. Larger places are fetched first.

Hurricane risk12
0.0
below the median place (median 70.7)
Tornado risk12
4.5
95% below the median place
Annual precipitation11
11.2 in
74% below the median place
All 9 weather and risk measures
MeasureIyanbitoAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure86°F0% below
January average low11County figure17°F33% below
Average temperature11County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation11County figure11.2 in74% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure78.215% below
Hurricane risk12County figure0.0below (median 70.7)
Tornado risk12County figure4.595% below
Wildfire risk12County figure78.729% above
Heat wave risk12County figure39.556% below
08

Iyanbito in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 14% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 15% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$642/mo (2024)$830/mo$680 to $1,010/mo+4.3%
Median household income$52,500 (2024)$69,500$59,000 to $82,500+4.8%
Median home value$49,300 (2024)$64,000$47,000 to $89,000+4.5%

The median home would be worth 0.9 years of the median income in 2030, against 0.9 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Iyanbito

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Holdenville, OK$665$46,250Compare
Winchester, IN$756$52,439Compare
Bridgeport, MI$710$51,071Compare
Vandergrift, PA$794$50,901Compare
Vandergrift, PABridgeport, MIWinchester, INHoldenville, OKIyanbito, NMIyanbitoHoldenvilleWinchesterBridgeportIyanbitoHoldenvilleWinchesterBridgeport

Common questions

Is Iyanbito a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. The median home is worth 0.9 years of the median household's income, fewer than in 99% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 46 New Mexico places. 0% of residents were born outside the US, fewer than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 42 New Mexico places. On cost, space and class size it scores 94 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Iyanbito expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 14.7% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $49,300.

What salary do you need to live in Iyanbito?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $25,680 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Iyanbito?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Holdenville, OK, Winchester, IN, Bridgeport, MI and Vandergrift, PA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  3. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Iyanbito with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Iyanbito itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/iyanbito-new-mexico

Citytistics. “Iyanbito, New Mexico.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/iyanbito-new-mexico/

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