Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Grants spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Grants does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Grants overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Grants, 23.87% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Grants in 2022 was $27,681, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,724 for a family of four. However, Grants contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grants also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Grants is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grants 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 Grants, accounting for 60.20% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Grants residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Grants include European, English, German, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Grants is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
