With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Angustura works elsewhere
For jobs and income Angustura is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). 53 jobs are based in Angustura for 482 working residents. Measured by household income, Angustura is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Angustura
Angustura is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Angustura, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
One in three of Angustura works in Farmington
164 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Farmington, 15 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Angustura itself. The commute map ↓
Few Angustura workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 482 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Angustura
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Angustura’s grade.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Angustura’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, Angustura could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Angustura quiets down on a workday
On a workday 475 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Angustura on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
34% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Angustura clocks in
34% of workers
14% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Angustura
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Angustura workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 commuters (the 2% 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Angustura
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Angustura, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 53. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Angustura’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Angustura
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Angustura, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 785 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 under 0.1 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). 5.7% of Angustura households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Angustura’s commuters take a bus or train.
Angustura next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 704 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 893 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,053 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,990 | Raccoon Township OH | 2,137 | $47K | 17.0% | 3.0% | 7% | D |
| 4,991 | Grove City FL | 2,106 | $53K | 19.8% | 7.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,992 | Angustura NM | 1,997 | $54K | 26.3% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,993 | Monon IN | 1,957 | $49K | 23.7% | 4.8% | 13% | D |
| 4,994 | Caney KS | 1,704 | $39K | 17.4% | 6.9% | 30% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Angustura, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
The towns next door employ 14% of Angustura
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Angustura workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angustura | – | D | D | 21 min | $53,750 |
| Sullivan | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Blanco | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomfield | 14% | D | A− | 19 min | $48,472 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sullivan and Blanco: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomfield. Darker towns draw more of Angustura’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Angustura: questions
What is the median household income in Angustura?
$53,750 (±$12,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Angustura?
26.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Angustura?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Angustura work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (34%, 15 mi), Bloomfield (14%, 4 mi), Aztec (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Angustura walkable?
Angustura is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Angustura without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Angustura, from the people who make the trip.
More of Angustura
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.