About Mesilla

Mesilla is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,266 people and just one neighborhood, Mesilla is the 62nd largest community in New Mexico.

Mesilla is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mesilla is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mesilla who work in teaching (14.88%), sales jobs (11.74%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.26%).

In addition, Mesilla is a college town. There are a lot of students in Mesilla attending college, and as a result Mesilla provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Mesilla is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.41 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Mesilla is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Mesilla, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.96% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Mesilla doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mesilla Information and Demographics

The education level of Mesilla citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 43.71% of adults in Mesilla have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mesilla in 2000 was $25,922, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,688 for a family of four.

Mesilla is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mesilla home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mesilla is White, followed by Native American. Mesilla also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 51.19% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mesilla include English, Irish, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Mesilla is English. Some people also speak Spanish.