Most of McIntosh commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
166 jobs are based in McIntosh, and 334 of its residents work somewhere. McIntosh grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where McIntosh stands out on work
McIntosh workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
McIntosh and Albuquerque trade workers both ways
Albuquerque is the top workplace for McIntosh residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in McIntosh come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few McIntosh workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind McIntosh’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, McIntosh is better than 2% of U.S. towns. Household income holds McIntosh’s grade up ($56,566, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: McIntosh’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, McIntosh could be anywhere from D− to C.
From McIntosh, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McIntosh workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 876 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.
31% of working residents work in Albuquerque
Where McIntosh clocks in
31% of workers
13% of workers
12% 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.
The daily commute in and out of McIntosh
On a workday 314 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 146 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.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What McIntosh’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McIntosh, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 166. 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 McIntosh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far McIntosh goes to work
About 16% 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.
Most trips from McIntosh start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McIntosh is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place McIntosh 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 876 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 McIntosh households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McIntosh’s commuters take a bus or train.
McIntosh next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 662 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 846 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,001 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,017 | Cienega Springs AZ | 1,958 | $47K | 20.1% | 7.4% | 7% | D− |
| 5,018 | Kaibab Estates West AZ | 1,403 | $39K | 16.5% | 2.7% | 0% | D− |
| 5,019 | McIntosh NM | 1,943 | $57K | 28.7% | 5.8% | 6% | D− |
| 5,020 | Brundidge AL | 2,061 | $38K | 40.7% | 5.8% | 9% | D− |
| 5,021 | Carrabelle FL | 2,572 | $50K | 21.6% | 8.2% | 12% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 McIntosh, 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 McIntosh: questions
What is the median household income in McIntosh?
$56,566 (±$24,705) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McIntosh?
28.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McIntosh?
40 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 McIntosh work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (31%, 37 mi), Estancia (13%, 8 mi), Moriarty (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McIntosh walkable?
McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh, from the people who make the trip.
More of McIntosh
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.