Household incomes in La Villita top those of 80% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn La Villita B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 4.7% of residents are in poverty, against 17.8% across New Mexico. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind La Villita’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, La Villita is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds La Villita’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: La Villita’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, La Villita could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 109 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 (1.47 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.
16% of working residents work in Albuquerque
Where La Villita clocks in
16% of workers
15% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
109 jobs are based in La Villita.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 La Villita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from La Villita: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Villita workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 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.
Miles to work from La Villita
About 63% 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.
For most of La Villita, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Villita is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place La Villita 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 568 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). 0.0% of La Villita households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Villita’s commuters take a bus or train.
La Villita places 1,543rd of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,541 | Charlestown Township OH | 1,772 | $62K | 10.5% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,542 | Jackson Township OH | 1,756 | $82K | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,543 | La Villita NM | 1,534 | $104K | 4.7% | 0.0% | 0% | B |
| 1,544 | Pumpkin Center NC | 1,636 | $64K | 2.9% | 8.6% | 0% | B |
| 1,545 | Grant Park IL | 1,271 | $78K | 9.0% | 8.6% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of La Villita, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
How La Villita compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Villita workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villita | – | B | D− | 30 min | $104,162 |
| Los Luceros | under 2% | — | D− | 33 min | — |
| Alcalde | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alcalde: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Villita’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 La Villita: questions
What is the median household income in La Villita?
$104,162 (±$42,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Villita?
4.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Villita?
30 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 La Villita work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (16%, 76 mi), Los Alamos (15%, 19 mi), Española (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Villita walkable?
La Villita is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Villita without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Villita, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Villita
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.