Iyanbito’s household incomes are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Only 3% stay in Iyanbito for work; outside it, Gallup is the main destination (31%, 14 miles). 32.2% of residents are in poverty, where New Mexico as a whole has 17.8%. Iyanbito grades D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Iyanbito’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Iyanbito is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Iyanbito’s grade.
Unemployment (15.4%) is left out: Iyanbito’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, Iyanbito could be anywhere from D− to D.
The daily flow of workers through Iyanbito
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 116 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Iyanbito work
Where Iyanbito clocks in
31% of workers
14% 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.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Iyanbito
120 jobs are based in Iyanbito.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iyanbito, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 120. 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 Iyanbito’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Iyanbito, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iyanbito workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Iyanbito to work
About 36% 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.
Iyanbito is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Iyanbito is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 408 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 under 0.1 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). 8.1% of Iyanbito households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Iyanbito’s commuters take a bus or train.
Iyanbito next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 652 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 705 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Cuartelez NM | 1,512 | $114K | 5.6% | 20.8% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,678 | Springfield Township MI | 1,640 | $49K | 27.6% | 2.7% | 1% | D− |
| 4,679 | Pahoa HI | 1,361 | $56K | 34.7% | 7.5% | 11% | D− |
| 4,680 | Iyanbito NM | 1,233 | $53K | 32.2% | 15.4% | 3% | D− |
| 4,681 | Shell Valley ND | 1,243 | $47K | 21.5% | 9.8% | <1% | D− |
| 4,682 | Double Springs AL | 1,107 | $48K | 28.7% | 9.4% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Iyanbito, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
The towns around Iyanbito
The biggest share goes to Church Rock (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iyanbito workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iyanbito | – | D− | C− | 36 min | $52,500 |
| Church Rock | 5% | D− | D− | 31 min | $35,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Iyanbito’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 Iyanbito: questions
What is the median household income in Iyanbito?
$52,500 (±$13,485) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iyanbito?
32.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iyanbito?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iyanbito work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (31%, 14 mi), Crownpoint (14%, 24 mi), Albuquerque (8%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Iyanbito walkable?
Iyanbito is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Iyanbito 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 Iyanbito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iyanbito
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.