Prewitt is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 842 people and two associated neighborhoods, Prewitt is the 118th largest community in New Mexico.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 30.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Overall, Prewitt’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Prewitt 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. Prewitt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prewitt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prewitt may be for you.

One downside of living in Prewitt, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.66 minutes every day commuting to work.

Prewitt 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.

In terms of college education, Prewitt ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.66% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Prewitt in 2022 was $9,990, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,960 for a family of four. Prewitt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 54.43% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Prewitt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prewitt residents report their race to be Native American. Important ancestries of people in Prewitt include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

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