Mount Taylor has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Taylor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Mount Taylor on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
36% of working residents work in Grants
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mount Taylor clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
47 jobs are based in Mount Taylor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Taylor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Taylor, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 47. 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.
Working from home in Mount Taylor
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Mount Taylor workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 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.
Half of Mount Taylor commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 41% 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.
36% of Mount Taylor works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Grants (36%). Darker towns draw more of Mount Taylor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Taylor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | – | — | — | — | — |
| Grants | 36% | D− | A− | 16 min | $47,183 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mount Taylor: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mount Taylor?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Taylor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grants (36%, 2 mi), Gallup (11%, 59 mi), Milan (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Taylor 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 Mount Taylor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Taylor
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.