A job hub: Fruitland has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 363 people come in to work
Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. Employers in Fruitland report 369 jobs, against 209 working residents. Only 3% work in Fruitland; the top destination outside it is Farmington (42%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fruitland, in a few figures
Stores, warehouses and trucking
94% of the jobs in Fruitland are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Fruitland and Farmington trade workers both ways
Farmington is the top workplace for Fruitland residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Fruitland come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Fruitland pay better than its residents’ jobs
89% of the jobs based in Fruitland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Fruitland residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Fruitland. The jobs ↓
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; with 209 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
89% of the jobs in Fruitland pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 369. 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 Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Fruitland, and from where
Where Fruitland clocks in
42% of workers
8% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Fruitland
On a workday 203 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 730 people are in Fruitland on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
From Fruitland, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitland workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Fruitland
About 23% 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.
Around Fruitland: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fruitland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitland | – | — | — | 31 min | $142,750 |
| Upper Fruitland | under 2% | D | D− | 31 min | $49,453 |
| Nenahnezad | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Waterflow | 3% | C− | D− | 20 min | $61,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nenahnezad: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Waterflow. Darker towns draw more of Fruitland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Fruitland: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitland?
$142,750 (±$85,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitland?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (42%, 12 mi), Albuquerque (8%, 150 mi), Shiprock (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fruitland 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 Fruitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitland
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.