Overview Dulce is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 2,788 people and just one neighborhood, Dulce is the 59th largest community in New Mexico. Occupations and Workforce Dulce is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dulce is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dulce who work in office and administrative support (21.93%), law enforcement and fire fighting (11.48%), and maintenance occupations (10.10%). Setting & Lifestyle 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!) Dulce 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. Dulce has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dulce than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dulce may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Dulce spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 10.43 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Dulce does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Dulce Demographics The percentage of people in Dulce with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dulce in 2022 was $22,772, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,088 for a family of four. However, Dulce contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dulce is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dulce home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dulce residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dulce include Scottish, Irish, German, English, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Dulce is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Navajo.