Photo: Highlightwiki · CC BY 4.0Most of Gallina commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Gallina itself; outside it, Santa Fe draws the most (12%, 62 miles). There are 10 jobs in Gallina; 66 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 56 minutes on average (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Gallina
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Gallina on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The towns that employ Gallina’s residents
Where Gallina clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Gallina
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallina, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 10. 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 Gallina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 56 minutes in Gallina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallina workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Gallina commutes less than 50 miles
About 51% 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 Gallina: questions
What is the median household income in Gallina?
$77,629 (±$33,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallina?
9.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallina?
56 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallina work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (12%, 62 mi), Dulce (11%, 50 mi), Los Alamos (9%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gallina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallina
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.