Chaparral is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 16,551 people and four associated neighborhoods, Chaparral is the 14th largest community in New Mexico.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Chaparral is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.59% of the Chaparral workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Chaparral is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chaparral who work in healthcare suport services (11.00%), office and administrative support (10.33%), and sales jobs (7.46%). The town 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, Chaparral has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chaparral a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Chaparral, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Chaparral doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Chaparral is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.00% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Chaparral in 2022 was $18,311, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,244 for a family of four. However, Chaparral contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chaparral is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chaparral 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 Chaparral, accounting for 90.69% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Chaparral residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chaparral include German, French, English, Irish, and Nigerian. In addition, Chaparral has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.67%). The most common language spoken in Chaparral is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
