Candy Kitchen has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. There are 9 jobs in Candy Kitchen for 50 working residents. Only 2% stay in Candy Kitchen for work; outside it, Gallup is the main destination (22%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Candy Kitchen on a workday afternoon
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Candy Kitchen on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where people from Candy Kitchen work
Where Candy Kitchen clocks in
22% of workers
22% 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.
In Candy Kitchen, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Candy Kitchen, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 9. 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 Candy Kitchen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Candy Kitchen
of Candy Kitchen workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Candy Kitchen
About 56% 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 Candy Kitchen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Candy Kitchen?
16.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Candy Kitchen work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (22%, 44 mi), Albuquerque (22%, 106 mi), Farmington (6%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Candy Kitchen 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 Candy Kitchen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Candy Kitchen
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.