It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Ruidoso Downs 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. Ruidoso Downs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ruidoso Downs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ruidoso Downs may be for you.
One of the benefits of Ruidoso Downs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.01 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.
Ruidoso Downs is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Ruidoso Downs with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ruidoso Downs in 2022 was $14,061, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,244 for a family of four. Ruidoso Downs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ruidoso Downs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ruidoso Downs 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 Ruidoso Downs, accounting for 49.91% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ruidoso Downs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ruidoso Downs include Irish, German, English, British, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ruidoso Downs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
