Photo: AllenS · Public domainAnthony’s household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 9% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #53 of 72 in New Mexico.
Walkability C: more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns · #54 of 73 in New Mexico.
Working residents average 31 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Anthony; the top destination outside it is El Paso (36%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Anthony, in brief
Many Anthony workers cross into Texas
44% of Anthony workers work outside New Mexico, most of them in Texas, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Many of the people who work in Anthony live in another state
El Paso, TX (28%), Anthony, TX (1%) and Canutillo, TX (1%) are among the top places Anthony’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 30% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Anthony trades workers with the towns around it
Anthony has about as many jobs (3,872) as working residents (3,290), but they are mostly different people: 2,855 residents leave for work each day while 3,437 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Anthony are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Anthony pay better than its residents’ jobs
65% of the jobs based in Anthony pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 35% of the jobs Anthony residents hold. 89% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Anthony. The jobs ↓
Anthony and El Paso trade workers both ways
El Paso is the top workplace for Anthony residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Anthony come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Anthony’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anthony is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #53 of 72 in New Mexico. Job access by car holds Anthony’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (32.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anthony could be anywhere from D to C−.
36% of working residents work in El Paso
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Anthony clocks in
36% of workers
16% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,855 residents head out to work, 435 work right here, and 3,437 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
3,872 jobs are based in Anthony. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anthony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anthony, 2013 → 2023: 3,408 → 3,872. 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.
About 31 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 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anthony workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,865 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Anthony commutes less than 15 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 Anthony start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anthony is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #54 of 73 in New Mexico. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,057 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). 5.1% of Anthony households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anthony’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Anthony compares with U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Anthony, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Corrales NM | 8,484 | $102K | 7.0% | 6.3% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,200 | Bernalillo NM | 9,159 | $64K | 15.9% | 6.9% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,269 | North Valley NM | 10,455 | $61K | 17.6% | 8.5% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,754 | Seaford DE | 9,165 | $54K | 18.8% | 13.1% | 15% | D |
| 2,755 | Independence KS | 8,193 | $51K | 18.4% | 7.0% | 39% | D |
| 2,756 | Anthony NM | 8,900 | $38K | 32.9% | 11.6% | 13% | D |
| 2,757 | Galax VA | 6,670 | $39K | 31.1% | 5.1% | 33% | D |
| 2,758 | Golden Valley AZ | 8,567 | $43K | 23.7% | 3.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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 Anthony: questions
What is the median household income in Anthony?
$38,132 (±$14,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anthony?
32.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anthony?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anthony work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso (36%, 15 mi), Las Cruces (16%, 24 mi), Albuquerque (3%, 214 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anthony walkable?
Anthony is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anthony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anthony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anthony
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.