Households in Keeler Farm have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
0% of workers work from home; New Mexico has 12%. 50.4% of residents are in poverty, where New Mexico as a whole has 17.8%. Keeler Farm grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Keeler Farm stands out on work
Keeler Farm and Deming trade workers both ways
Deming is the top workplace for Keeler Farm residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Keeler Farm come from (40% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Keeler Farm is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Keeler Farm, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Keeler Farm are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker. Time on the road ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Keeler Farm
On income, poverty and job access, Keeler Farm is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Keeler Farm’s grade.
Unemployment (27.3%) is left out: Keeler Farm’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, Keeler Farm could be anywhere from D− to D.
37% of working residents work in Deming
Where Keeler Farm clocks in
37% 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.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who leaves Keeler Farm for work, and who comes in
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Keeler Farm on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Keeler Farm’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keeler Farm workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 319 commuters (the 0% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Keeler Farm
84 jobs are based in Keeler Farm.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keeler Farm, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 84. 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 Keeler Farm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Keeler Farm, by distance
About 32% 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.
In Keeler Farm, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Keeler Farm is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Keeler Farm 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 319 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Keeler Farm households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Keeler Farm’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Keeler Farm sits among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 826 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 892 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,038 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,822 | Cherryfield ME | 1,093 | $37K | 26.3% | 6.4% | 12% | D− |
| 5,823 | Pablo MT | 1,632 | $36K | 34.5% | 9.5% | 8% | D− |
| 5,824 | Keeler Farm NM | 1,376 | $44K | 50.4% | 27.3% | 1% | D− |
| 5,825 | Fort Thompson SD | 1,147 | $47K | 41.6% | 10.5% | 27% | D− |
| 5,826 | Uniontown AL | 1,873 | $34K | 43.7% | 42.9% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Keeler Farm, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
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 Keeler Farm: questions
What is the median household income in Keeler Farm?
$43,750 (±$37,399) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keeler Farm?
50.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keeler Farm?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keeler Farm work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Deming (37%, 4 mi), Las Cruces (7%, 57 mi), Silver City (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Keeler Farm walkable?
Keeler Farm is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Keeler Farm without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keeler Farm, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keeler Farm
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.