A job hub: Purty Rock has 3.0 jobs per working resident, and 48 people come in to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across New Mexico. 48 jobs are based in Purty Rock; 16 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Purty Rock; the top destination outside it is Gallup (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Purty Rock
On a workday 16 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 170 people are in Purty Rock on a workday afternoon, 24% more 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 Purty Rock’s workforce comes from
Where Purty Rock clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Purty Rock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Purty Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Purty Rock
of Purty Rock workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 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.
How far Purty Rock goes to work
About 75% 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.
How Purty Rock compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Purty Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purty Rock | – | — | — | — | $61,250 |
| Williams Acres | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Williams Acres: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Purty Rock’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 Purty Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Purty Rock?
$61,250 (±$234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Purty Rock?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Purty Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (13%, 9 mi), Aztec (6%, 105 mi), Los Lunas (6%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Purty Rock 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 Purty Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Purty Rock
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.