Work means Albuquerque for more than half of Ponderosa Pine’s working residents
Hardly any work in Ponderosa Pine itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (59%, 20 miles). The two grades for Ponderosa Pine are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 21% of workers work from home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ponderosa Pine apart
More than half of Ponderosa Pine works in Albuquerque
230 working residents, 59%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 20 miles away. That’s far more as work in Ponderosa Pine itself. The commute map ↓
Ponderosa Pine is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Ponderosa Pine, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ponderosa Pine has about 1,100 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ponderosa Pine 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 ↓
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 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Ponderosa Pine’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ponderosa Pine is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ponderosa Pine’s grade up ($87,361, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Ponderosa Pine’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, Ponderosa Pine could be anywhere from D to B+.
Commuting out of Ponderosa Pine: the destinations
Where Ponderosa Pine clocks in
59% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Ponderosa Pine
On a workday 391 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Ponderosa Pine on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Ponderosa Pine’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ponderosa Pine workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 21% 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.
45% of the jobs in Ponderosa Pine make or build things
22 jobs are based in Ponderosa Pine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ponderosa Pine, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 22. 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 Ponderosa Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Ponderosa Pine goes to work
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.
Getting around Ponderosa Pine: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ponderosa Pine is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ponderosa Pine 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 486 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Ponderosa Pine households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ponderosa Pine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ponderosa Pine next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 3,201st of 5,877 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 826 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 892 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,038 | Mesilla NM | 1,818 | $75K | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,199 | Forest Meadows CA | 1,623 | $89K | 11.0% | 1.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,200 | Las Maravillas NM | 1,594 | $63K | 9.7% | 3.4% | <1% | C |
| 3,201 | Ponderosa Pine NM | 1,442 | $87K | 11.4% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,202 | Bloomfield KY | 1,011 | $55K | 10.9% | 3.8% | 2% | C |
| 3,203 | Willards MD | 1,018 | $75K | 22.1% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Ponderosa Pine, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Ponderosa Pine and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ponderosa Pine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Pine | – | C | D− | 32 min | $87,361 |
| Cedro | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cedro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ponderosa Pine’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 Ponderosa Pine: questions
What is the median household income in Ponderosa Pine?
$87,361 (±$25,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ponderosa Pine?
11.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ponderosa Pine?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ponderosa Pine work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (59%, 20 mi), Kirtland AFB (8%, 14 mi), Los Lunas (2%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ponderosa Pine walkable?
Ponderosa Pine is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ponderosa Pine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ponderosa Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ponderosa Pine
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.