Jarales has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
85 jobs are based in Jarales, and 583 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Jarales C−; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Jarales is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Jarales apart on work
Jarales is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Jarales, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
39% of Jarales works in Albuquerque
229 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 34 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Jarales itself. 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 583 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Jarales gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Jarales is better than 23% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jarales’ grade up (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($55,676, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Jarales’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, Jarales could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jarales
On a workday 576 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Jarales on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
39% of working residents work in Albuquerque
Where Jarales clocks in
39% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Jarales: what the 85 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jarales, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 85. 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 Jarales’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Jarales’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jarales workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far it is to work from Jarales
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.
Most trips from Jarales start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jarales is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Jarales near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 664 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 2.9% of Jarales households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jarales’ commuters take a bus or train.
Jarales is 3,850th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 718 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 911 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,203 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,848 | Athens Township MO | 2,173 | $49K | 16.8% | 2.0% | 27% | C− |
| 3,849 | Morgan Township PA | 2,187 | $65K | 15.8% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,850 | Jarales NM | 2,144 | $56K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,851 | Abram TX | 1,741 | $59K | 34.3% | 6.3% | <1% | C− |
| 3,852 | Monticello FL | 2,767 | $46K | 23.3% | 0.2% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Jarales, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
The towns next door employ 15% of Jarales
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Belen. Darker towns draw more of Jarales’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 Jarales: questions
What is the median household income in Jarales?
$55,676 (±$6,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jarales?
9.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jarales?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jarales work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (39%, 34 mi), Belen (15%, 11 mi), Los Lunas (11%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jarales walkable?
Jarales is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jarales without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jarales, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jarales
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.