About half of Crouch Mesa’s working residents commute to Farmington
Jobs & income C−: better than 16% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #36 of 72 in New Mexico.
Walkability D: more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns · #70 of 73 in New Mexico.
Household incomes here are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 26 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Crouch Mesa; the top destination outside it is Farmington (50%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crouch Mesa
Much of Crouch Mesa works one town over
54% of working residents work in a town that borders Crouch Mesa: Farmington (50%) and Lee Acres (4%). Next door ↓
Crouch Mesa makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Crouch Mesa are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Crouch Mesa residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Crouch Mesa pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Crouch Mesa pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Crouch Mesa residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Crouch Mesa. The jobs ↓
Most Crouch Mesa residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Crouch Mesa’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the New Mexico average of 24. 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.
What’s behind Crouch Mesa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crouch Mesa is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #36 of 72 in New Mexico. Job access by car holds Crouch Mesa’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crouch Mesa could be anywhere from D− to B.
Crouch Mesa makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
820 jobs are based in Crouch Mesa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crouch Mesa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crouch Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 820. 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.
Half of Crouch Mesa commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 16% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crouch Mesa workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,872 commuters (the 4% 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.
Crouch Mesa quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,147 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Crouch Mesa on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
50% of working residents work in Farmington
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Crouch Mesa clocks in
50% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Most trips from Crouch Mesa start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crouch Mesa is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #70 of 73 in New Mexico. Both inputs place Crouch Mesa near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,949 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Crouch Mesa households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crouch Mesa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Crouch Mesa is 3,224th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Crouch Mesa, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 559 | White Rock NM | 5,716 | $157K | 2.5% | 0.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Placitas NM | 4,223 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 804 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque NM | 5,790 | $73K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,222 | Mount Carmel PA | 5,579 | $53K | 16.2% | 6.4% | 7% | C− |
| 3,223 | Clay Township OH | 3,418 | $36K | 27.1% | 3.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,224 | Crouch Mesa NM | 4,812 | $64K | 21.9% | 6.7% | 3% | C− |
| 3,225 | Blanchester OH | 4,250 | $55K | 13.2% | 10.8% | 10% | C− |
| 3,226 | Marathon Township MI | 4,444 | $66K | 11.3% | 12.2% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
54% of Crouch Mesa works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Farmington (50%). Darker towns draw more of Crouch Mesa’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crouch Mesa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crouch Mesa | – | C− | D | 26 min | $63,750 |
| South River | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $68,668 |
| Lee Acres | 4% | D− | C | 20 min | $44,583 |
| Farmington | 50% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $68,784 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Crouch Mesa: questions
What is the median household income in Crouch Mesa?
$63,750 (±$25,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crouch Mesa?
21.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crouch Mesa?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crouch Mesa work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (50%, 5 mi), Albuquerque (6%, 139 mi), Aztec (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crouch Mesa walkable?
Crouch Mesa is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crouch Mesa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crouch Mesa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crouch Mesa
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.