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Penasco - Chamisal, NM

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Overview


Penasco - Chamisal is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,632 people and just one neighborhood, Penasco - Chamisal is the 88th largest community in New Mexico.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Penasco - Chamisal is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Penasco - Chamisal is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Penasco - Chamisal who work in office and administrative support (12.31%), healthcare suport services (9.80%), and food service (8.36%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Penasco - Chamisal telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Penasco - Chamisal has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Penasco - Chamisal a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Penasco - Chamisal is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Penasco - Chamisal, the average commute to work is 32.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of Penasco - Chamisal are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.16% of adults in Penasco - Chamisal have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Penasco - Chamisal in 2018 was $22,326, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,304 for a family of four. However, Penasco - Chamisal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Penasco - Chamisal is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Penasco - Chamisal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Penasco - Chamisal, accounting for 83.72% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Penasco - Chamisal residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Penasco - Chamisal include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Penasco - Chamisal is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.2% 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 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

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 Penasco - Chamisal are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 32.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.1%), and 18.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 48.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Penasco - Chamisal, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Spanish (39.8%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.2%) 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 (11.9%) and 7.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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