Mentmore is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,986 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mentmore is the 54th largest community in New Mexico.Mentmore is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mentmore is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mentmore who work in office and administrative support (12.83%), food service (11.50%), and healthcare suport services (11.48%). A relatively large number of people in Mentmore telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.81% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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!) Mentmore 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. Mentmore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mentmore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mentmore may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Mentmore doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Mentmore ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.52% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Mentmore in 2022 was $14,438, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,752 for a family of four. However, Mentmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mentmore also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.26% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Mentmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mentmore residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mentmore include Dutch, Russian, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Mentmore is Navajo. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
