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!) Truth or Consequences 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. Truth or Consequences has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Truth or Consequences than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Truth or Consequences may be for you.
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 13.03 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Truth or Consequences does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Truth or Consequences who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.34% of the adults in Truth or Consequences have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Truth or Consequences in 2022 was $21,566, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,264 for a family of four. However, Truth or Consequences contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Truth or Consequences also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.69% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Truth or Consequences is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Truth or Consequences home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Truth or Consequences residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Truth or Consequences also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Truth or Consequences include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Truth or Consequences is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
