Tatum is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 697 people and just one neighborhood, Tatum is the 127th largest community in New Mexico.
Tatum is a blue-collar town, with 44.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tatum is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Tatum who work in office and administrative support (25.83%), teaching (9.48%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (4.74%).
Tatum’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tatum has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tatum a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Tatum does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Tatum citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.60% of adults 25 and older in Tatum have a college degree.
The per capita income in Tatum in 2018 was $33,791, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,164 for a family of four. However, Tatum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tatum is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tatum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tatum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tatum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 47.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tatum include German, Irish, European, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Tatum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022.
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to NM* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Tatum Elementary School
115 West 3 Rd St Tatum, NM 88267 |
PK-06 | ||
Tatum High School
307 West 3 Rd Street Tatum, NM 88267 |
09-12 | ||
Tatum Jr High School
320 West 3 Rd Street Tatum, NM 88267 |
07-08 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 99.1% | 74.7% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 99.1% | 73.1% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 0.0% | 1.7% |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 50.8% | 74.7% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 41.9% | 73.1% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 8.8% | 1.7% |
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