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 17.53 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Ajo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Ajo is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.93% of adults in Ajo have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ajo in 2018 was $31,550, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,200 for a family of four. However, Ajo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ajo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ajo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ajo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Ajo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.12% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ajo include English, German, Irish, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ajo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
