Jarales is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,042 people and just one neighborhood, Jarales is the 76th largest community in New Mexico.
Unlike some towns, Jarales isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jarales are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jarales is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jarales who work in office and administrative support (21.41%), management occupations (14.55%), and sales jobs (11.31%).
A relatively large number of people in Jarales telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.44% 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.
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, Jarales has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jarales a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The percentage of adults in Jarales with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.61% of adults in Jarales have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jarales in 2022 was $30,104, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,416 for a family of four. However, Jarales contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jarales is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jarales 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 Jarales, accounting for 69.53% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Jarales residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Jarales include German, European, English, Irish, and Greek.
In addition, Jarales has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.28%).
The most common language spoken in Jarales is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Jarales, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.9% 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.
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.
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, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
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 Jarales are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.2% 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, 32.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.0%), and 19.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 53.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Jarales, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (42.3%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Native American roots (3.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.