One of the benefits of Tucumcari is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.48 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Tucumcari does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Tucumcari are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.58% of adults in Tucumcari have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Tucumcari in 2018 was $23,219, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,876 for a family of four. However, Tucumcari contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tucumcari also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Tucumcari is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tucumcari 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 Tucumcari, accounting for 64.73% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tucumcari residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tucumcari include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Tucumcari is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.
