Rio Rancho is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 51,722 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Rio Rancho is the fourth largest community in New Mexico.

Unlike some cities, Rio Rancho isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rio Rancho are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rio Rancho is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rio Rancho who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.55%), sales jobs (13.39%), and management occupations (8.77%).

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

"If you live in Rio Rancho, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Rio Rancho residents do (98%). Rio Rancho is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Rio Rancho Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Rio Rancho is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.76% of adults in Rio Rancho have a college degree.

The per capita income in Rio Rancho in 2000 was $20,322, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,288 for a family of four.

Rio Rancho is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rio Rancho home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rio Rancho is White, followed by Native American. Rio Rancho also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.62% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Rio Rancho include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

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