Nageezi is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 277 people and just one neighborhood, Nageezi is the 145th largest community in New Mexico.
Nageezi is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Nageezi is a town of managers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nageezi who work in business and financial occupations (71.57%), healthcare suport services (13.73%), and food service (8.82%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.34% 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.
Nageezi’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town 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, Nageezi has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nageezi a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Nageezi is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Nageezi, the average commute to work is 32.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Nageezi doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Nageezi ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.90% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Nageezi in 2022 was $48,352, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $193,408 for a family of four. Nageezi also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 57.35% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Nageezi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nageezi residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Nageezi include German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Nageezi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of all American neighborhoods.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
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, 74.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 53.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Nageezi are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.4% 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, 28.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (25.3%), and 19.8% in executive, management, and professional 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 English, spoken by 53.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
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 Nageezi, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (74.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.3%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.9%) 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.