Hope is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 109 people and just one neighborhood, Hope is the 161st largest community in New Mexico.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hope is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.67% of the Hope workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hope is a village of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hope who work in teaching (20.00%), farm management occupations (15.56%), and office and administrative support (8.89%).
Hope’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The village 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, Hope has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hope a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Hope, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.89 minutes every day commuting to work.
Hope is a small village, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Hope, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Hope is a small village, 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 adults in Hope who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.42% of the adults in Hope have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hope in 2022 was $48,248, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $192,992 for a family of four. However, Hope contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hope is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hope 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 Hope, accounting for 51.52% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hope residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hope include French, German, Irish, Polish, and Yugoslavian.
In addition, Hope has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.20%).
The most common language spoken in Hope is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.8% 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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 Hope are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.6% 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, 43.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 36.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.2%), and 5.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.4%).
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 Hope, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (43.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.6%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.