Overall, Prewitt’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Prewitt has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Prewitt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prewitt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prewitt may be for you.
Being a small town, Prewitt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Prewitt ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.42% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Prewitt in 2022 was $9,084, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $36,336 for a family of four. Prewitt also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 61.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Prewitt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prewitt residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Prewitt include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Prewitt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Native American languages.
