About Reserve

Reserve is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 482 people and just one neighborhood, Reserve is the 108th largest community in New Mexico.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Reserve is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Reserve is a village of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reserve who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.85%), teaching (13.33%), and food service (7.18%).

Another important characteristic of Reserve is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Reserve telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.42% 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Reserve spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.48 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Reserve Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Reserve is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.83% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Reserve in 2000 was $14,612, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,448 for a family of four.

Reserve is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Reserve home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Reserve is White, followed by African-American. Reserve also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.80% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Reserve include English, German, Scotch-Irish, Irish, and Dutch.

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