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Wagon Mound, NM

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Overview


Wagon Mound is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 264 people and just one neighborhood, Wagon Mound is the 146th largest community in New Mexico. Wagon Mound has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

Wagon Mound is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 86.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wagon Mound is a village of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wagon Mound who work in business and financial occupations (45.18%), teaching (21.08%), and sales jobs (4.22%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Wagon Mound 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. Wagon Mound has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wagon Mound than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wagon Mound may be for you.

Wagon Mound is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The overall education level of Wagon Mound citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.20% of adults in Wagon Mound have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Wagon Mound in 2018 was $28,647, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,588 for a family of four. However, Wagon Mound contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wagon Mound is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wagon Mound 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 Wagon Mound, accounting for 68.43% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Wagon Mound residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Wagon Mound include French, Norwegian, Hungarian, Croatian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Wagon Mound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

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.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 1 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.3% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.8% 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.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 23.9% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Also, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Wagon Mound is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NM, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.0% of the neighborhoods in New Mexico. If you are considering retiring to New Mexico, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Wagon Mound are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 52.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 17.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 56.0% of households. Some people also speak English (41.9%).

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 Wagon Mound, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Spanish (27.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report French roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (4.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (35.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (62.0%) 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 (15.8%) . 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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