Hagerman - Lake Arthur is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,520 people and just one neighborhood, Hagerman - Lake Arthur is the 64th largest community in New Mexico.
When you are in Hagerman - Lake Arthur, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.14% of Hagerman - Lake Arthur’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Hagerman - Lake Arthur is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hagerman - Lake Arthur who work in sales jobs (15.21%), office and administrative support (10.30%), and farm management occupations (10.22%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Hagerman - Lake Arthur work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
Hagerman - Lake Arthur is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Hagerman - Lake Arthur with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hagerman - Lake Arthur in 2022 was $24,235, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,940 for a family of four. However, Hagerman - Lake Arthur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hagerman - Lake Arthur is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hagerman - Lake Arthur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Hagerman - Lake Arthur, accounting for 59.76% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hagerman - Lake Arthur residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hagerman - Lake Arthur include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hagerman - Lake Arthur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 10.2% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 4 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 57.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hagerman - Lake Arthur are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.3%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 55.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Hagerman - Lake Arthur, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (57.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (2.9%), and residents who report English roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (1.6%), along with some German ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 13.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.