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Rociada, NM

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Overview


Rociada is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,334 people and just one neighborhood, Rociada is the 68th largest community in New Mexico.

Occupations and Workforce

Rociada is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.33% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rociada is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rociada who work in office and administrative support (20.92%), personal care services (17.55%), and management occupations (12.15%).

Also of interest is that Rociada has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 23.51% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

As is often the case in a small town, Rociada doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Rociada citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.80% of adults in Rociada have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rociada in 2022 was $29,870, 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 $119,480 for a family of four. However, Rociada contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rociada is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rociada 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 Rociada, accounting for 63.41% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Rociada residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rociada include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Rociada is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 1.0% of college-friendly places to live in the state of New Mexico. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.

Occupations

There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (57.9%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 8 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Diversity

Significantly, 1.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Rociada are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 42.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.9%), and 9.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 51.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (44.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Rociada, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Spanish (20.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (72.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (69.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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