Fruitland is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 771 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fruitland is the 122nd largest community in New Mexico. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fruitland, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fruitland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fruitland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fruitland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $138,500.00.Fruitland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fruitland is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fruitland who work in management occupations (27.12%), healthcare suport services (16.67%), and maintenance occupations (9.15%). In addition, Fruitland is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel. 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!) Fruitland 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. Fruitland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fruitland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fruitland may be for you. One downside of living in Fruitland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.99 minutes every day commuting to work. Fruitland is a small town, 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 Fruitland, 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. Being a small town, Fruitland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Fruitland are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.65% of adults in Fruitland have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fruitland in 2022 was $50,844, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $203,376 for a family of four. The people who call Fruitland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fruitland residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fruitland include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. The most common language spoken in Fruitland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
