Arroyo Seco has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Arroyo Seco C; getting around on foot earns it D. 154 jobs are based in Arroyo Seco, and 372 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Arroyo Seco; the top destination outside it is Taos (28%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Arroyo Seco apart on work
Arroyo Seco and Taos trade workers both ways
Taos is the top workplace for Arroyo Seco residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Arroyo Seco come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Arroyo Seco
20% of Arroyo Seco workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. 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 372 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Arroyo Seco
The poverty rate holds Arroyo Seco’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Arroyo Seco could be anywhere from D− to A−.
Where Arroyo Seco goes to work
Where Arroyo Seco clocks in
28% of workers
9% 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.
How far Arroyo Seco goes to work
About 30% 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.
About 23 minutes to work from Arroyo Seco
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arroyo Seco workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,071 commuters (the 20% 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.
Arroyo Seco quiets down on a workday
On a workday 356 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Arroyo Seco on a workday afternoon, 10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arroyo Seco, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 154. 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 Arroyo Seco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Arroyo Seco commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Arroyo Seco is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,331 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Arroyo Seco households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Arroyo Seco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Arroyo Seco places 3,568th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 718 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 911 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,203 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,566 | Killbuck Township OH | 1,924 | $66K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 7% | C |
| 3,567 | Beaver Township PA | 1,782 | $64K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 8% | C |
| 3,568 | Arroyo Seco NM | 2,112 | $62K | 9.0% | 4.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,569 | Carrollton IL | 2,349 | $60K | 11.8% | 3.8% | 21% | C |
| 3,570 | St. Ignace MI | 2,351 | $65K | 24.6% | 1.6% | 35% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Arroyo Seco, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Next door to Arroyo Seco
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arroyo Seco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Seco | – | C | D | 23 min | $62,348 |
| Taos Pueblo | under 1% | D− | C | 18 min | $39,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arroyo Seco’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 Arroyo Seco: questions
What is the median household income in Arroyo Seco?
$62,348 (±$28,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arroyo Seco?
9.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arroyo Seco?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arroyo Seco work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Taos (28%, 9 mi), Taos Ski Valley (19%, 10 mi), Albuquerque (9%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Arroyo Seco walkable?
Arroyo Seco is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Arroyo Seco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arroyo Seco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arroyo Seco
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.