Zuni is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,176 people and three associated neighborhoods, Zuni is the 35th largest community in New Mexico.Zuni is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Zuni is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Zuni who work in sales jobs (11.66%), maintenance occupations (11.38%), and healthcare suport services (10.32%). A relatively large number of people in Zuni telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 26.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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!) Zuni 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. Zuni has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Zuni than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Zuni may be for you.The population of Zuni has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.94% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Zuni in 2022 was $16,236, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,944 for a family of four. However, Zuni contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Zuni also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.37% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Zuni home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Zuni residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Zuni include Italian, German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Zuni is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include English and Navajo.
