It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ajo has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ajo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ajo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ajo may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ajo spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Ajo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Ajo who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.13% of adults in Ajo have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ajo in 2022 was $31,044, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,176 for a family of four. However, Ajo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ajo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ajo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ajo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Ajo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.32% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ajo include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ajo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
