Fort Wingate is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 328 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fort Wingate is the 143rd largest community in New Mexico.Fort Wingate is a military town: the armed forces employs 47.97% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Professional, scientific, and technical services are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 61.69% and 29.87% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Wingate has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The overall crime rate in Fort Wingate 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Wingate spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.90 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Fort Wingate does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fort Wingate, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fort Wingate is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.28% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Fort Wingate in 2022 was $77,767, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $311,068 for a family of four. Fort Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Fort Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.23% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Wingate include German, Swedish, Scottish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Fort Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Navajo.
