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Kirtland, NM

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Overview


Kirtland is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 575 people and just one neighborhood, Kirtland is the 133rd largest community in New Mexico.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Kirtland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kirtland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kirtland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kirtland who work in office and administrative support (12.34%), sales jobs (12.34%), and management occupations (12.34%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kirtland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kirtland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kirtland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kirtland may be for you.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Kirtland 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: 33.43% of adults in Kirtland have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kirtland in 2018 was $37,345, 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 $149,380 for a family of four. However, Kirtland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kirtland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kirtland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kirtland residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Kirtland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kirtland include English, Irish, European, Norwegian, and German.

The most common language spoken in Kirtland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Kirtland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 53.7% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.

People

Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the neighborhood has more single mother households than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 2.1% have Welsh ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 25.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Kirtland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.9%), and 20.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 65.0% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (25.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Kirtland, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (60.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.7%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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