Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainMost of San Felipe Pueblo commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Getting around San Felipe Pueblo on foot earns B. San Felipe Pueblo has 185 jobs; 767 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
San Felipe Pueblo at work: what stands out
San Felipe Pueblo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside San Felipe Pueblo is Albuquerque, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (183) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in San Felipe Pueblo than ten years ago
Jobs counted in San Felipe Pueblo fell from 346 in 2014 to 185 in 2024, −47%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of San Felipe Pueblo workers earn over $40,000 a year
37% of San Felipe Pueblo’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 12% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 767 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from San Felipe Pueblo to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In San Felipe Pueblo, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Felipe Pueblo, 2014 → 2024: 346 → 185. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Felipe Pueblo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
San Felipe Pueblo by day and by night
On a workday 689 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in San Felipe Pueblo on a workday afternoon, 52% 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 2024, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Albuquerque
Where San Felipe Pueblo clocks in
24% of workers
8% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, about the NM average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Felipe Pueblo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 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.
Most trips from San Felipe Pueblo start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, San Felipe Pueblo is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place San Felipe Pueblo 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 316 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). 6.9% of San Felipe Pueblo households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of San Felipe Pueblo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Around San Felipe Pueblo: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Algodones (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | San Felipe Pueblo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Felipe Pueblo | – | — | B | 23 min | — |
| Algodones | 6% | C | B | 33 min | $67,994 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of San Felipe Pueblo’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 2024, 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 San Felipe Pueblo: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Felipe Pueblo?
27.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Felipe Pueblo?
23 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 San Felipe Pueblo work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (24%, 26 mi), Bernalillo (8%, 12 mi), Santa Fe (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is San Felipe Pueblo walkable?
San Felipe Pueblo is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around San Felipe Pueblo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Felipe Pueblo, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Felipe Pueblo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.