Raton is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 5,974 people and two associated neighborhoods, Raton is the 39th largest community in New Mexico.
The city 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, Raton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Raton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Raton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.57 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, Raton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Raton rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.12% of adults 25 and older in Raton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Raton in 2022 was $25,679, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,716 for a family of four. However, Raton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Raton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Raton 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 Raton, accounting for 55.59% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Raton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Raton include Irish, German, English, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Raton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.