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Jemez Pueblo, NM

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Overview


Jemez Pueblo is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,963 people and just one neighborhood, Jemez Pueblo is the 79th largest community in New Mexico.

Jemez Pueblo real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Jemez Pueblo house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Jemez Pueblo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Jemez Pueblo is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jemez Pueblo who work in office and administrative support (13.71%), food service (10.71%), and healthcare suport services (9.79%).

Also of interest is that Jemez Pueblo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Jemez Pueblo has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jemez Pueblo a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

In Jemez Pueblo, just 9.78% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Jemez Pueblo in 2022 was $23,437, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,748 for a family of four. However, Jemez Pueblo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Jemez Pueblo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jemez Pueblo residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jemez Pueblo include Irish, German, Swedish, Polish, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Jemez Pueblo is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include English and Navajo.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.8% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 98.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jemez Pueblo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 36.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.8%), and 19.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Native American languages, spoken by 86.4% of households. Some people also speak English (12.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Jemez Pueblo, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (98.9%).

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.5%) 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 (14.8%) and 9.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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