One of the benefits of Alamogordo is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.55 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of Alamogordo are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.83% of adults in Alamogordo having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alamogordo in 2022 was $30,028, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,112 for a family of four. However, Alamogordo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alamogordo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alamogordo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alamogordo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alamogordo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alamogordo include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Alamogordo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
