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Kirtland Air Force Base, NM

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Overview


Kirtland Air Force Base is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 3,838 people and just one neighborhood, Kirtland Air Force Base is the 48th largest community in New Mexico. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Kirtland Air Force Base, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Kirtland Air Force Base, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Kirtland Air Force Base’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Kirtland Air Force Base does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $75,900.00.

Kirtland Air Force Base real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Kirtland Air Force Base house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Kirtland Air Force Base, employing 36.76% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Public Service and Finance industries employ 30.09% and 19.62% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

Setting & Lifestyle

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Kirtland Air Force Base. This is not typical for smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Kirtland Air Force Base.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 11.28 minutes getting to work every day.

Kirtland Air Force Base 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.

Demographics

The citizens of Kirtland Air Force Base are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.63% of adults in Kirtland Air Force Base have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kirtland Air Force Base in 2022 was $29,064, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,256 for a family of four. However, Kirtland Air Force Base contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kirtland Air Force Base is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kirtland Air Force Base home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kirtland Air Force Base residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kirtland Air Force Base also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kirtland Air Force Base include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Kirtland Air Force Base is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 99.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.8% 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.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 73.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Real Estate

If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 49.5% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

In addition, 97.5% of the real estate in the neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. In the neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.2% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

The Neighbors

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 Kirtland Air Force Base are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.1% 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, 51.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is the military, with 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (27.8%), and 23.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.0%).

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 Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (15.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report English roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (6.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.4%), among others.

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 (73.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.0%) 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 (13.1%) and 8.0% 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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