In addition, Socorro is a college town. There are a lot of students in Socorro attending college, and as a result Socorro provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Socorro is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.48 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, Socorro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Socorro who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.97% of adults in Socorro have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Socorro in 2022 was $26,305, 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 $105,220 for a family of four. However, Socorro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Socorro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Socorro 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 Socorro, accounting for 51.42% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Socorro residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Socorro include German, English, Irish, British, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Socorro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
