Photo: James Q. Jacobs · CC BY-SA 3.0Pueblo Pintado has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Pueblo Pintado; the top destination outside it is Crownpoint (17%, 34 miles). Pueblo Pintado has 19 jobs for 54 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pueblo Pintado, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Pueblo Pintado on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Pueblo Pintado ends
Where Pueblo Pintado clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
In Pueblo Pintado, 63% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pueblo Pintado, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 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 Pueblo Pintado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Pueblo Pintado’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pueblo Pintado workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pueblo Pintado
About 56% 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.
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 Pueblo Pintado: questions
What is the median household income in Pueblo Pintado?
$41,250 (±$14,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pueblo Pintado?
29.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pueblo Pintado?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pueblo Pintado work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crownpoint (17%, 34 mi), Gallup (15%, 70 mi), Albuquerque (9%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pueblo Pintado without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pueblo Pintado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pueblo Pintado
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.