Prewitt’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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.
One downside of living in Prewitt, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.04 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Prewitt doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Prewitt ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.96% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Prewitt in 2022 was $9,533, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $38,132 for a family of four. Prewitt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 55.15% 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.
