About White Sands

White Sands is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,424 people and just one neighborhood, White Sands is the 80th largest community in New Mexico.

Also of interest is that White Sands has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, White Sands is also a town of artists. White Sands has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape White Sands's character.

White Sands is a military town: the armed forces employs 21.91% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Education are prominent in the local economy and are the town's largest civilian employers, employing 29.41% and 11.09% of the civilian workforce respectively.

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

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.83 minutes getting to work every day.

White Sands is a very car-oriented town. 97.59% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because White Sands is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. White Sands has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

White Sands Information and Demographics

The education level of White Sands citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 40.97% of adults in White Sands have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in White Sands in 2000 was $16,186, 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 $64,744 for a family of four.

White Sands is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call White Sands home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in White Sands is White, followed by African-American. White Sands also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.19% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in White Sands include German, Irish, European, Italian, and Swedish.

The languages spoken by people in White Sands are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in White Sands is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, German, and Tagalog.