Prewitt is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 842 people and two associated neighborhoods, Prewitt is the 118th largest community in New Mexico.Prewitt is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.30% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Prewitt is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Prewitt who work in sales jobs (44.44%), healthcare suport services (28.40%), and food service (8.64%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The overall crime rate in Prewitt 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!) Prewitt 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. Prewitt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prewitt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prewitt may be for you. Being a small town, Prewitt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Prewitt ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 1.42% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Prewitt in 2022 was $9,084, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $36,336 for a family of four. Prewitt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 61.40% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Prewitt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prewitt residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Prewitt include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. The most common language spoken in Prewitt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
