Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ruidoso Downs is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ruidoso Downs spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.01 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Ruidoso Downs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Ruidoso Downs is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an 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.
