Photo: Thomas M. Rösner · CC BY-SA 2.0Transit carries 65% of Continental Divide’s commuters to work
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. Only 2% stay in Continental Divide for work; outside it, Gallup is the main destination (25%, 24 miles). 45 jobs are based in Continental Divide; 56 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Continental Divide, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 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 (0.80 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.
Where Continental Divide goes to work
Where Continental Divide clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Continental Divide
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Continental Divide, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 45. 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 Continental Divide’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Continental Divide
of Continental Divide workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 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 many miles Continental Divide commutes
About 32% 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 Continental Divide: questions
What is the median household income in Continental Divide?
$61,284 (±$38,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Continental Divide?
11.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Continental Divide work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (25%, 24 mi), Black Rock (9%, 36 mi), Albuquerque (7%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Continental Divide without a car?
EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Continental Divide, from the people who make the trip.
More of Continental Divide
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.