San Estevan del Rey Mission Church · Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Skyline-Ganipa’s household incomes are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Skyline-Ganipa itself; outside it, Acomita Lake draws the most (20%, 2 miles). 14.5% of residents are in poverty, where New Mexico as a whole has 17.8%. Skyline-Ganipa grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Skyline-Ganipa: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Skyline-Ganipa than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Skyline-Ganipa fell from 720 in 2013 to 463 in 2023, −36%. 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 ↓
The jobs in Skyline-Ganipa pay better than its residents’ jobs
57% of the jobs based in Skyline-Ganipa pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 38% of the jobs Skyline-Ganipa residents hold. 79% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Skyline-Ganipa. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Skyline-Ganipa’s working residents have a job less than 3 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the New Mexico average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 288 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Skyline-Ganipa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Skyline-Ganipa is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Skyline-Ganipa’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Skyline-Ganipa’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, Skyline-Ganipa could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Most jobs in Skyline-Ganipa are in services
463 jobs are based in Skyline-Ganipa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skyline-Ganipa, 2013 → 2023: 720 → 463. 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 Skyline-Ganipa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Skyline-Ganipa: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skyline-Ganipa workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 commuters (the 22% 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.
A workday in Skyline-Ganipa: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Skyline-Ganipa on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Skyline-Ganipa: where workers come from
Where Skyline-Ganipa clocks in
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.
How many miles Skyline-Ganipa commutes
About 24% 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.
For most of Skyline-Ganipa, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Skyline-Ganipa is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 437 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.3% of Skyline-Ganipa households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Skyline-Ganipa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Skyline-Ganipa places 4,063rd of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 652 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 705 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Cuartelez NM | 1,512 | $114K | 5.6% | 20.8% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,061 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,487 | $50K | 15.2% | 1.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,062 | Richland Township OH | 1,649 | $54K | 15.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,063 | Skyline-Ganipa NM | 1,226 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.3% | 34% | D |
| 4,064 | Nebo NC | 1,670 | $50K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,065 | Montour Falls NY | 1,498 | $51K | 23.7% | 14.7% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Skyline-Ganipa, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
The towns next door employ 22% of Skyline-Ganipa
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skyline-Ganipa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline-Ganipa | – | D | D | 27 min | $56,992 |
| McCartys Village | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| South Acomita Village | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Acomita Lake | 20% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McCartys Village, South Acomita Village and Acomita Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Acomita Lake. Darker towns draw more of Skyline-Ganipa’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 Skyline-Ganipa: questions
What is the median household income in Skyline-Ganipa?
$56,992 (±$12,406) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skyline-Ganipa?
14.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skyline-Ganipa?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skyline-Ganipa work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Acomita Lake (20%, 2 mi), Grants (8%, 15 mi), Albuquerque (7%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Skyline-Ganipa walkable?
Skyline-Ganipa is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Skyline-Ganipa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skyline-Ganipa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skyline-Ganipa
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. 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.