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.
One of the benefits of Ruidoso Downs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.01 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.
Ruidoso Downs is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Ruidoso Downs, just 10.18% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ruidoso Downs in 2022 was $14,061, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,244 for a family of four. Ruidoso Downs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 49.91% 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, German, English, British, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Ruidoso Downs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
