Yatahey is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 5,870 people and three associated neighborhoods, Yatahey is the 37th largest community in New Mexico.Yatahey is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Yatahey is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yatahey who work in management occupations (14.53%), office and administrative support (13.68%), and sales jobs (10.38%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Yatahey has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Yatahey a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Yatahey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Yatahey has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.90% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Yatahey in 2022 was $16,778, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,112 for a family of four. However, Yatahey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Yatahey also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.58% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Yatahey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yatahey residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Yatahey include English, Dutch, European, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Yatahey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
