It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Raton 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. Raton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Raton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Raton may be for you.
One of the benefits of Raton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.16 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Raton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Raton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.82% of adults 25 and older in Raton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Raton in 2022 was $28,643, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,572 for a family of four. However, Raton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Raton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Raton 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 Raton, accounting for 55.01% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Raton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Raton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Raton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
