Vanderwagen is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 48 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vanderwagen is the 163rd largest community in New Mexico.Vanderwagen is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vanderwagen is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vanderwagen who work in community and social services (100.00%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 100.00% 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 Vanderwagen 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, Vanderwagen’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. Vanderwagen’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Vanderwagen 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. Vanderwagen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vanderwagen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vanderwagen may be for you. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 0.00 minutes getting to work every day. As is often the case in a small town, Vanderwagen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Vanderwagen ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.Vanderwagen is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vanderwagen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vanderwagen residents report their race to be White. Vanderwagen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vanderwagen include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. The most common language spoken in Vanderwagen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
