Ramah - Jamestown is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,064 people and just one neighborhood, Ramah - Jamestown is the 106th largest community in New Mexico.
Unlike some towns, Ramah - Jamestown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ramah - Jamestown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ramah - Jamestown is a town of managers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ramah - Jamestown who work in management occupations (29.26%), healthcare suport services (9.82%), and teaching (8.02%).
The overall crime rate in Ramah - Jamestown is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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, Ramah - Jamestown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ramah - Jamestown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Ramah - Jamestown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ramah - Jamestown, the average commute to work is 30.99 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
In Ramah - Jamestown, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Ramah - Jamestown is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Ramah - Jamestown citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.96% of adults in Ramah - Jamestown have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ramah - Jamestown in 2022 was $33,318, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,272 for a family of four. However, Ramah - Jamestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ramah - Jamestown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ramah - Jamestown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ramah - Jamestown residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Ramah - Jamestown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ramah - Jamestown include European, English, Irish, German, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Ramah - Jamestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo 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.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 38.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, in the neighborhood, 11.7% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you are planning to retire in New Mexico, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in New Mexico, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.2% of neighborhoods in NM. If a New Mexico retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
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 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.6% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.5% have Austrian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 25.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Ramah - Jamestown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 41.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.6%), and 13.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 59.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Ramah - Jamestown, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report Dominican roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (44.4%) 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 (38.5%) and 11.7% of residents also take the train 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.