Magdalena is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 779 people and two associated neighborhoods, Magdalena is the 119th largest community in New Mexico. Magdalena has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Magdalena is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 86.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Magdalena is a village of service providers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Magdalena who work in food service (27.50%), healthcare (27.14%), and management occupations (11.07%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 33.57% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Magdalena 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. Magdalena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Magdalena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Magdalena may be for you. One downside of living in Magdalena, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.24 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small village, Magdalena does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Magdalena rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.40% of adults 25 and older in Magdalena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Magdalena in 2022 was $35,618, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,472 for a family of four. However, Magdalena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Magdalena is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Magdalena 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 Magdalena, accounting for 56.28% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Magdalena residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Magdalena include German, English, British, Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Magdalena is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Navajo.
