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!) Chaparral 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. Chaparral has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chaparral than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chaparral may be for you.
In Chaparral, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Chaparral does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Chaparral, just 10.00% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Chaparral in 2022 was $18,311, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,244 for a family of four. However, Chaparral contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chaparral is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chaparral 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 Chaparral, accounting for 90.69% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Chaparral residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chaparral include German, French, English, Irish, and Nigerian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Chaparral's cultural character, accounting for 32.67% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Chaparral is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
