Reserve - Luna is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,723 people and just one neighborhood, Reserve - Luna is the 89th largest community in New Mexico.
Reserve - Luna is a blue-collar town, with 35.82% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Reserve - Luna is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reserve - Luna who work in office and administrative support (28.35%), sales jobs (10.34%), and maintenance occupations (4.98%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.26% 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.
Another notable thing is that Reserve - Luna is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Reserve - Luna’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
The overall crime rate in Reserve - Luna is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Reserve - Luna is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Reserve - Luna spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Reserve - Luna does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Reserve - Luna citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.04% of adults 25 and older in Reserve - Luna have a college degree.
The per capita income in Reserve - Luna in 2022 was $25,046, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,184 for a family of four. However, Reserve - Luna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Reserve - Luna also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.78% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Reserve - Luna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Reserve - Luna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reserve - Luna residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Reserve - Luna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Reserve - Luna include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Reserve - Luna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 1 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 53.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
Furthermore, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 38.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (63.8%) than found in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in New Mexico, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in New Mexico.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Reserve - Luna are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 63.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.0%), and 15.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (17.9%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Reserve - Luna, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (7.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.