Fort Wingate is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 328 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fort Wingate is the 143rd largest community in New Mexico.Fort Wingate is a military town: the armed forces employs 47.97% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Professional, scientific, and technical services are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 61.69% and 29.87% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Wingate has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.54% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Overall, Fort Wingate’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.90 minutes getting to work every day. Fort Wingate is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.If knowledge is power, Fort Wingate is a pretty powerful place. 61.28% of the adults in Fort Wingate have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Fort Wingate in 2022 was $77,767, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $311,068 for a family of four. Fort Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Fort Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.23% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Wingate include German, Swedish, Scottish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Fort Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Navajo.
