Photo: Cathy from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0About half of Peralta’s working residents commute to Albuquerque
Jobs & income B: better than 62% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #11 of 72 in New Mexico.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns · #51 of 73 in New Mexico.
Household incomes here are lower than in 53% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Peralta; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (49%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Peralta
Nearly half of Peralta works in Albuquerque
694 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 19 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Peralta itself. The commute map ↓
Peralta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Peralta makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Peralta are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Peralta residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Peralta is a place people come home to
There are 355 jobs based in Peralta, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Peralta has about 2,500 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Peralta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Peralta is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #11 of 72 in New Mexico. The poverty rate holds Peralta’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($73,131, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Peralta could be anywhere from C to A.
49% of working residents work in Albuquerque
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Peralta clocks in
49% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peralta workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,576 commuters (the 7% 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.
Peralta makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
355 jobs are based in Peralta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peralta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peralta, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 355. 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.
Peralta quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,332 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Peralta on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Half of Peralta commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Peralta start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Peralta is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #51 of 73 in New Mexico. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of 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 1,701 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Peralta households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Peralta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Peralta is 1,650th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Peralta, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 450 | Sandia Heights NM | 3,160 | $144K | 4.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 771 | Placitas NM | 4,223 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,461 | El Cerro NM | 2,923 | $106K | 5.9% | 4.5% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,648 | Delaware Township PA | 4,287 | $75K | 8.6% | 2.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,649 | Robins IA | 3,366 | $122K | 8.9% | 8.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,650 | Peralta NM | 3,499 | $73K | 5.2% | 4.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,651 | Foster Township IL | 3,871 | $111K | 7.4% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,652 | Liberty Township IN | 3,400 | $76K | 5.1% | 4.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
13% of Peralta works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Los Lunas (10%). Darker towns draw more of Peralta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peralta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peralta | – | B | C+ | 32 min | $73,131 |
| Bosque Farms | 3% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $82,188 |
| Valencia | under 2% | C− | C | 30 min | $55,170 |
| Los Lunas | 10% | C | B+ | 26 min | $62,330 |
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 Peralta: questions
What is the median household income in Peralta?
$73,131 (±$6,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peralta?
5.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peralta?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peralta work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (49%, 19 mi), Los Lunas (10%, 6 mi), Kirtland AFB (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Peralta walkable?
Peralta is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Peralta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peralta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peralta
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.