About Lake Sumner

Lake Sumner is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 86 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Sumner is the 121st largest community in New Mexico.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Sumner is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Sumner is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Sumner who work in healthcare (28.57%), farm management (25.71%), and teaching (14.29%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Lake Sumner work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Lake Sumner is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town's population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

One downside of living in Lake Sumner, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.43 minutes every day commuting to work.

Lake Sumner is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Lake Sumner isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Lake Sumner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lake Sumner Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Lake Sumner rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.43% of adults 25 and older in Lake Sumner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Lake Sumner in 2000 was $17,590, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,360 for a family of four.

The people who call Lake Sumner home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Sumner is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Sumner include Irish, English, German, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lake Sumner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.