The overall crime rate in Mentmore is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Mentmore 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. Mentmore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mentmore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mentmore may be for you.
Being a small town, Mentmore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Mentmore ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.10% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mentmore in 2018 was $11,588, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $46,352 for a family of four. Mentmore also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Mentmore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mentmore residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mentmore include Dutch, Russian, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Mentmore is Navajo. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
