Cuartelez has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 66% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Cuartelez; the top destination outside it is Los Alamos (26%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Cuartelez’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cuartelez is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cuartelez’s grade up ($114,151, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (20.8%) is left out: Cuartelez’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cuartelez could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 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.
0.01 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.
26% of working residents work in Los Alamos
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cuartelez clocks in
26% of workers
18% of workers
17% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2 jobs are based in Cuartelez. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cuartelez’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cuartelez, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2. 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.
About 31 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 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuartelez workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 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.
Half of Cuartelez commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Cuartelez start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cuartelez is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of 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 404 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Cuartelez households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cuartelez’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cuartelez is 1,145th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cuartelez, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 723 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 862 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 991 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,143 | Liberty Township PA | 1,413 | $93K | 4.3% | 1.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,144 | Clay CA | 1,302 | $103K | 6.8% | 7.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,145 | Cuartelez NM | 1,512 | $114K | 5.6% | 20.8% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,146 | Cottage City MD | 1,329 | $81K | 15.0% | 6.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,147 | Elk Creek Township PA | 1,830 | $86K | 3.9% | 7.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
18% of Cuartelez works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Española (17%). Darker towns draw more of Cuartelez’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cuartelez workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuartelez | – | B+ | C− | 31 min | $114,151 |
| La Puebla | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Santa Cruz | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sombrillo | 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Española | 17% | C− | B− | 31 min | $47,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. La Puebla, Santa Cruz and Sombrillo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 Cuartelez: questions
What is the median household income in Cuartelez?
$114,151 (±$41,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuartelez?
5.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuartelez?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuartelez work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (26%, 17 mi), Santa Fe (18%, 23 mi), Española (17%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cuartelez walkable?
Cuartelez is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cuartelez without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cuartelez, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuartelez
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.