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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mentmore is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.50% of the Mentmore workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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 (11.65%), food service (9.76%), and healthcare suport services (9.06%). A relatively large number of people in Mentmore telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.54% 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. 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, Mentmore has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mentmore a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Mentmore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Mentmore ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.45% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Mentmore in 2022 was $16,701, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,804 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 33.60% 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 Northern European, 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.
