Percha Diversion Dam · Photo: MRobison · CC BY-SA 4.0Arrey has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Arrey quiets down on a workday
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Arrey on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
24% of working residents work in Truth or Consequences
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Arrey clocks in
24% of workers
22% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Arrey makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
7 jobs are based in Arrey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in Arrey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Arrey workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 0% 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 Arrey commutes less than 49 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 38% 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.
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 Arrey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Arrey?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Arrey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Truth or Consequences (24%, 27 mi), Las Cruces (22%, 47 mi), Albuquerque (9%, 161 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arrey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arrey
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.