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 35.31 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Chaparral 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 rate of college-level education in Chaparral is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.96% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chaparral in 2022 was $17,781, which is low income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,124 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 89.74% 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, English, French, Irish, and Nigerian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Chaparral's cultural character, accounting for 30.78% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Chaparral is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
