The city 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, Ruidoso Downs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ruidoso Downs a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.16 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Ruidoso Downs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Ruidoso Downs with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.52% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ruidoso Downs in 2022 was $15,430, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,720 for a family of four.
Ruidoso Downs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ruidoso Downs 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 Ruidoso Downs, accounting for 60.37% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ruidoso Downs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ruidoso Downs include Irish, English, German, British, and Hungarian.
In addition, Ruidoso Downs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.18%).
The most common language spoken in Ruidoso Downs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
