Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0About one in three of Algodones’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
Jobs & income C: better than 34% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Algodones; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (36%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Algodones, in brief
Algodones and Albuquerque trade workers both ways
Albuquerque is the top workplace for Algodones residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Algodones come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Algodones workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 376 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Algodones’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Algodones is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Algodones’ grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Algodones’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Algodones could be anywhere from C− to B−.
36% of working residents work in Albuquerque
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Algodones clocks in
36% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algodones workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Algodones quiets down on a workday
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Algodones on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Algodones makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
232 jobs are based in Algodones. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Algodones’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Algodones, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 232. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Algodones commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Algodones start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Algodones is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Algodones near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 694 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Algodones households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Algodones’ commuters take a bus or train.
Algodones is 3,346th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Algodones, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 815 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 977 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,344 | Bokeelia FL | 1,930 | $71K | 7.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 3,345 | Mokuleia HI | 1,655 | $89K | 15.0% | 2.5% | 0% | C |
| 3,346 | Algodones NM | 1,479 | $68K | 18.1% | 7.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,347 | Rogersville AL | 1,434 | $66K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 8% | C |
| 3,348 | Britt IA | 1,981 | $73K | 10.1% | 2.4% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Algodones and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to San Felipe Pueblo (3%). Darker towns draw more of Algodones’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Algodones workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algodones | – | C | B | 33 min | $67,994 |
| San Felipe Pueblo | 3% | — | B | 23 min | — |
| Santa Ana Pueblo | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 17 min | $86,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Algodones: questions
What is the median household income in Algodones?
$67,994 (±$12,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algodones?
18.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algodones?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algodones work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (36%, 20 mi), Santa Fe (8%, 35 mi), Bernalillo (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Algodones walkable?
Algodones is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Algodones without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Algodones, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algodones
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.