Sanostee has 10.6 jobs for every working resident: 456 people commute in to work
The average commute takes 52 minutes each way, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S. There are 457 jobs in Sanostee, against 43 working residents. Only 2% work in Sanostee; the top destination outside it is Farmington (14%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Sanostee
On a workday 42 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 630 people are in Sanostee on a workday afternoon, 193% 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.
Commuting in to Sanostee: where workers come from
Where Sanostee clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
84% of the jobs in Sanostee pay over $3,333 a month
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 Sanostee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Sanostee: about 52 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sanostee workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Sanostee commutes less than 46 miles
About 48% 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 Sanostee: questions
What is the median household income in Sanostee?
$56,250 (±$35,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sanostee?
15.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sanostee?
52 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sanostee work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (14%, 44 mi), Albuquerque (12%, 154 mi), Crownpoint (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sanostee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sanostee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sanostee
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.