It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Raton 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. Raton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Raton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Raton may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Raton spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.57 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Raton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Raton rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.12% of adults 25 and older in Raton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Raton in 2018 was $25,679, 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 $102,716 for a family of four. However, Raton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Raton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Raton 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 Raton, accounting for 55.59% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Raton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Raton include Irish, German, English, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Raton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
