Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,501 people and just one neighborhood, Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is the 32nd largest community in New Mexico.
Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Mexico, but Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh who work in office and administrative support (11.66%), sales jobs (9.18%), and management occupations (8.54%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.20% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 percentage of adults in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.41% of adults in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh in 2022 was $25,635, 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 $102,540 for a family of four. However, Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh 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 Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh, accounting for 74.28% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English 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 Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh, 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 98.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 42.8% 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.
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, 16.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 20.7% 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 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.4% 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, 34.1% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.2%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 46.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Native American languages.
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 Hernandez - Ohkay Owingeh, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Spanish (30.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (22.9%), and residents who report Native American roots (16.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.3%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.