Roswell is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 47,390 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Roswell is the fifth largest community in New Mexico.Roswell is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Roswell is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Roswell who work in office and administrative support (11.81%), sales jobs (8.44%), and management occupations (7.90%). One of the benefits of Roswell is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.89 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.The education level of Roswell citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.40% of adults 25 and older in Roswell have a college degree. The per capita income in Roswell in 2022 was $25,906, 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 $103,624 for a family of four. However, Roswell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Roswell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roswell 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 Roswell, accounting for 61.17% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Roswell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roswell include German, Irish, English, European, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Roswell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
