Photo: AllenS · Public domainHatch’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 3% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 18 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). About one in four work in Hatch; the top destination outside it is Las Cruces (14%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hatch
Hatch is where the jobs are
Hatch has 1,038 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 43% more than the 1,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Hatch’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hatch is Las Cruces, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The biggest group of Hatch’s workers comes from Las Cruces
146 of the people who work in Hatch live in Las Cruces, 32 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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 364 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hatch’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hatch is better than 3% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hatch’s grade.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Hatch’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hatch could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Hatch fills up on a workday
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Hatch on a workday afternoon, 43% more than live here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Half of Hatch commutes less than 31 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
Where Hatch’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Hatch clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,038 jobs in Hatch are
1,038 jobs are based in Hatch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hatch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatch, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 1,038. 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 18 minutes each way, quicker 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 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatch workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 704 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most trips from Hatch start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hatch is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 718 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). 7.8% of Hatch households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hatch’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hatch compares with U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hatch, 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 618 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 795 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 948 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,415 | Scottville MI | 1,348 | $52K | 27.5% | 4.5% | 5% | D− |
| 5,416 | Campbell MO | 1,489 | $50K | 30.7% | 8.4% | 10% | D− |
| 5,417 | Hatch NM | 1,584 | $43K | 19.0% | 9.9% | 27% | D− |
| 5,418 | St. Johnsville NY | 1,706 | $47K | 27.7% | 7.0% | 8% | D− |
| 5,419 | Union City OH | 1,567 | $32K | 38.3% | 13.7% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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.
Hatch and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Hatch’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hatch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch | – | D− | B+ | 18 min | $43,486 |
| Placitas | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rodey | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Placitas and Rodey: 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 Hatch: questions
What is the median household income in Hatch?
$43,486 (±$11,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatch?
19.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatch?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatch work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Cruces (14%, 32 mi), El Paso (7%, 71 mi), Albuquerque (5%, 171 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hatch walkable?
Hatch is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hatch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatch
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.