Chaparral is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 16,551 people and four associated neighborhoods, Chaparral is the 14th largest community in New Mexico.Chaparral is a blue-collar town, with 39.58% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Chaparral is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chaparral who work in office and administrative support (13.90%), healthcare suport services (9.42%), and sales jobs (7.88%). 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!) Chaparral 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. Chaparral has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chaparral than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chaparral may be for you. One downside of living in Chaparral is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chaparral, the average commute to work is 35.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Chaparral doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Chaparral with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Chaparral in 2022 was $17,781, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,124 for a family of four. However, Chaparral contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chaparral is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chaparral 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 Chaparral, accounting for 89.74% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Chaparral residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chaparral include German, English, French, Irish, and Nigerian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Chaparral's cultural character, accounting for 30.78% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Chaparral is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
