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Salem - Rincon is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,610 people and just one neighborhood, Salem - Rincon is the 63rd largest community in New Mexico.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Salem - Rincon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.31% of Salem - Rincon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Salem - Rincon is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salem - Rincon who work in farm management occupations (27.81%), office and administrative support (17.18%), and healthcare suport services (9.30%).
In addition, many people in Salem - Rincon have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Also of interest is that Salem - Rincon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Setting & Lifestyle
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Salem - Rincon 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. Salem - Rincon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Salem - Rincon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Salem - Rincon may be for you.
Being a small town, Salem - Rincon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
In terms of college education, Salem - Rincon ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.55% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Salem - Rincon in 2022 was $16,741, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,964 for a family of four. Salem - Rincon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Salem - Rincon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Salem - Rincon 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 Salem - Rincon, accounting for 85.15% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Salem - Rincon residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Salem - Rincon include Polish, Irish, English, Greek, and Italian.
Salem - Rincon also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.64%.
The most common language spoken in Salem - Rincon is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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 Salem - Rincon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Real Estate
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.8% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
People
The neighborhood is unique for having just 3.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.2% of America's neighborhoods.
In addition, the neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (60.1%) than found in 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 82.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.9% have Romanian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 60.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Migration / Stability
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
The Neighbors
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 Salem - Rincon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 60.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.0% 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, 27.8% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.5%), and 14.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
Languages
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 60.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Salem - Rincon, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (82.4%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.8%), along with some Greek ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 32.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Getting to Work
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (70.6%) 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 (19.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
