Household incomes in Santa Ana Pueblo are higher than in 64% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Santa Ana Pueblo itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (29%, 19 miles). Poverty touches 5.5% of residents, next to 17.8% for New Mexico as a whole. For jobs and income Santa Ana Pueblo is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Santa Ana Pueblo stands out on work
Santa Ana Pueblo and Albuquerque trade workers both ways
Albuquerque is the top workplace for Santa Ana Pueblo residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Santa Ana Pueblo come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Santa Ana Pueblo are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker, and quicker than any town next door (27 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Santa Ana Pueblo’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Santa Ana Pueblo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Santa Ana Pueblo could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Santa Ana Pueblo to work: where people go
Where Santa Ana Pueblo clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Ana Pueblo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 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.
How many people are in Santa Ana Pueblo by day
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
260 jobs are based in Santa Ana Pueblo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Ana Pueblo, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 260. 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 Santa Ana Pueblo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Santa Ana Pueblo works
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.
Driving is how Santa Ana Pueblo gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 526 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). 3.4% of Santa Ana Pueblo households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Santa Ana Pueblo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Santa Ana Pueblo ranks 386th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Clear Creek Township NE | 1,303 | $85K | 6.2% | 1.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 385 | Hebron WI | 1,054 | $94K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 386 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 20% | B+ |
| 387 | Milan OH | 1,344 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 388 | Elk Run Heights IA | 1,053 | $77K | 4.0% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 663 | Barton NM | 1,302 | $82K | 6.6% | 5.8% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 790 | Atoka NM | 1,347 | $84K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 813 | High Rolls NM | 1,313 | $86K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Santa Ana Pueblo, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
14% of Santa Ana Pueblo works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Ana Pueblo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana Pueblo | – | B+ | C+ | 17 min | $86,250 |
| Bernalillo | 14% | C | A− | 27 min | $63,880 |
| Placitas | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $109,750 |
| Algodones | under 2% | C | B | 33 min | $67,994 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bernalillo. Darker towns draw more of Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana Pueblo: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Ana Pueblo?
$86,250 (±$22,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Ana Pueblo?
5.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Ana Pueblo?
17 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 Santa Ana Pueblo work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (29%, 19 mi), Bernalillo (14%, 4 mi), Rio Rancho (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Santa Ana Pueblo walkable?
Santa Ana Pueblo is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Ana Pueblo without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Santa Ana Pueblo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Ana 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.