Photo: Leaflet · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Roy works elsewhere
Employers in Roy report 47 jobs; 87 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Roy; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (18%, 150 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roy by day and by night
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Roy on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The places Roy commutes to
Where Roy clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
Jobs in Roy: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roy, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Roy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roy workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute from Roy, by distance
About 65% 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 Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Roy?
$43,203 (±$18,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roy?
29.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roy?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roy work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (18%, 150 mi), Mosquero (16%, 18 mi), Las Vegas (6%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roy
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.