Households in Little Walnut Village have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
2.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 17.8% for New Mexico as a whole. Jobs and income earn Little Walnut Village B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Little Walnut Village
Little Walnut Village is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Little Walnut Village, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Little Walnut Village has about 990 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Little Walnut Village and Silver City trade workers both ways
Silver City is the top workplace for Little Walnut Village residents (45%) and also where the most people who work in Little Walnut Village come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Little Walnut Village are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 54 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 477 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Little Walnut Village’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Little Walnut Village is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Little Walnut Village’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Little Walnut Village’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, Little Walnut Village could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Little Walnut Village
On a workday 474 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Little Walnut Village on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.04 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.
45% of working residents work in Silver City
Where Little Walnut Village clocks in
45% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Time on the road from Little Walnut Village: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Walnut Village workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 commuters (the 6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 47% of the jobs in Little Walnut Village
19 jobs are based in Little Walnut Village.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Walnut Village, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 19. 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 Little Walnut Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Little Walnut Village
About 26% 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.
Little Walnut Village is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Little Walnut Village is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 485 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). 3.3% of Little Walnut Village households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Little Walnut Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Little Walnut Village comes 977th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 815 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 975 | Holland WI | 1,538 | $75K | 3.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 976 | Calumet WI | 1,432 | $81K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 977 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 978 | Howey-in-the-Hills FL | 1,857 | $96K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 979 | Eden Township OH | 1,328 | $109K | 5.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,132 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Little Walnut Village, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Work next door: 45% of Little Walnut Village’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Walnut Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Walnut Village | – | B+ | C− | 17 min | $125,175 |
| Silver City | 45% | D− | A | 15 min | $38,711 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Silver City. Darker towns draw more of Little Walnut Village’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 Little Walnut Village: questions
What is the median household income in Little Walnut Village?
$125,175 (±$42,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Walnut Village?
2.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Walnut Village?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Walnut Village work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (45%, 3 mi), Albuquerque (4%, 183 mi), Las Cruces (4%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Little Walnut Village walkable?
Little Walnut Village is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Little Walnut Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Little Walnut Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Walnut Village
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.