It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Ruidoso Downs 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. Ruidoso Downs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ruidoso Downs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ruidoso Downs may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ruidoso Downs spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.01 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Ruidoso Downs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Ruidoso Downs, just 10.18% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ruidoso Downs in 2022 was $14,061, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,244 for a family of four. Ruidoso Downs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ruidoso Downs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ruidoso Downs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Ruidoso Downs, accounting for 49.91% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ruidoso Downs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ruidoso Downs include Irish, German, English, British, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ruidoso Downs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
