Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ajo spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Ajo is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Ajo citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.93% of adults in Ajo have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ajo in 2022 was $31,550, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,200 for a family of four. However, Ajo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ajo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ajo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ajo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Ajo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.12% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ajo include English, German, Irish, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ajo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
