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North Fair Oaks, CA vs Ohkay Owingeh, NM

North Fair Oaks

California

vs

Ohkay Owingeh

New Mexico

Across 31 directional measures we can compare, North Fair Oaks leads on 13 and Ohkay Owingeh on 18. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 222% higher in North Fair Oaks, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,314$719
North Fair Oaks is 222% higher
Median household income
$104,884$47,067
North Fair Oaks is 123% higher
Median home value
$1,276,900$2,000,001
North Fair Oaks is 36% lower

The Citytistics read

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 1.9 points a year in North Fair Oaks, and rent outran pay by 1.5 points a year in Ohkay Owingeh.

How these are calculated

New MexicoCaliforniaOhkay Owingeh, NMNorth Fair Oaks, CANorth Fair OaksOhkay OwingehNorth Fair OaksOhkay Owingeh

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01North Fair Oaks, CAComposite 39.8 / 100
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74241n/a6961n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureNorth Fair OaksOhkay OwingehAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,314$719
Rent to income126.5%18.3%
Property tax rate10.6%0.1%
Home price to income112.2x42.5x
Prices vs US average2115.6n/a
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$3,697$1,014
HUD area median income4$200,800$73,700
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$7,492$1,021
Median home value1$1,276,900$2,000,001
Home prices, 1-year change5-0.6%2.6%
Home prices, 5-year change522.5%56.7%
Homeownership147.7%73.9%
Renters paying 30%+159.3%34.4%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,665$992
Vacant homes16.3%17.8%
Median year built119581982
Jobs and income
Median household income1$104,884$47,067
Income per person1$48,734$25,587
Unemployment18.4%4.9%
Average annual pay6$214,295$50,458
Pay growth, 1 year69.1%3.2%
Jobs6411,3469,536
Poverty rate113.0%23.6%
Mean commute122 min15 min
Works from home118.6%10.2%
Commutes by transit15.1%0.0%
People
Population113,1001,194
Median age132.730.0
Bachelor's or higher127.9%21.6%
High school or higher173.0%93.1%
Household size13.44.1
Born abroad141.4%6.3%
No health insurance17.5%17.2%
Homes with broadband192.2%93.5%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.0%3.2%
Moved from another state11.5%0.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-10.70.1
Income of households moving in7$167,342$58,443
Income of households moving out7$186,435$49,826
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k827.211.2
Shops per 10k824.621.5
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k84.74.7
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k823.510.5
Child care centers per 10k84.83.2
Parks per 10k93.050.3
Playgrounds per 10k93.016.8
Grocery stores per 10k94.60.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k926.78.4
Libraries per 10k93.08.4
Named paths and bike trails90.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi928.40.0
Nearest National Park Service site1025.9n/a
National Park Service sites within 60 miles109n/a
National Register listings1164118
Schools
Public schools121741
Public school students1282,403141
Students per teacher1220.010.8
Climate
July average high1374°F82°F
January average low1342°F13°F
Average temperature1357°F46°F
Annual precipitation1328.7 in16.4 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1499.280.5
Tornado risk1430.611.7
Wildfire risk1492.096.2
Heat wave risk1491.630.2
Median air quality index15n/a44
Good air days15n/a85.2%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: North Fair Oaks $92,560, Ohkay Owingeh $28,760 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. 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. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. 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.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 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
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

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

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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