Prewitt’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Prewitt 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. Prewitt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prewitt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prewitt may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Prewitt doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Prewitt has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.42% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Prewitt in 2022 was $9,084, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $36,336 for a family of four. Prewitt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 61.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Prewitt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prewitt residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Prewitt include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Prewitt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
