Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Brimhall Nizhoni has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 149 people come in to work
Only 3% stay in Brimhall Nizhoni for work; outside it, Gallup is the main destination (34%, 20 miles). There are 151 jobs in Brimhall Nizhoni; 77 of its residents have a job. 5% of workers work from home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Brimhall Nizhoni, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 75 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 440 people are in Brimhall Nizhoni on a workday afternoon, 20% more 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.
Where Brimhall Nizhoni’s workforce comes from
Where Brimhall Nizhoni clocks in
34% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Brimhall Nizhoni are in services
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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brimhall Nizhoni’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 55 minutes in Brimhall Nizhoni
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brimhall Nizhoni workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 126 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Brimhall Nizhoni goes to work
About 27% 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.
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 Brimhall Nizhoni: questions
What is the median household income in Brimhall Nizhoni?
$55,417 (±$35,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brimhall Nizhoni?
38.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brimhall Nizhoni?
55 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brimhall Nizhoni work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (34%, 20 mi), Crownpoint (13%, 27 mi), Albuquerque (6%, 121 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brimhall Nizhoni without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brimhall Nizhoni, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brimhall Nizhoni
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.