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!) Laguna 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. Laguna has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Laguna than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Laguna may be for you.
One downside of living in Laguna is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Laguna, the average commute to work is 37.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Laguna is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Laguna isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Laguna 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 education level of Laguna citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.06% of adults in Laguna have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Laguna in 2022 was $39,988, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,952 for a family of four. However, Laguna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Laguna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laguna residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Laguna include English, Italian, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Laguna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
