Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.10 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Ruidoso Downs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Ruidoso Downs overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ruidoso Downs, 21.52% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ruidoso Downs in 2022 was $17,874, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,496 for a family of four. However, Ruidoso Downs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ruidoso Downs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.53% 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 51.56% 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 English, Irish, German, British, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Ruidoso Downs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
