For about two in five of its working residents, Spencerville is a commute to Farmington
Only 4% work in Spencerville; the top destination outside it is Farmington (44%, 8 miles). Spencerville grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The average commute takes 15 minutes each way; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Spencerville apart
44% of Spencerville works in Farmington
201 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Farmington, 8.4 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Spencerville itself. The commute map ↓
Spencerville is where the jobs are
Spencerville has 754 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Spencerville are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker, and quicker than any town next door (21 to 33 minutes). 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 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Spencerville’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Spencerville is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Spencerville’s grade up ($78,899, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Spencerville’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, Spencerville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily trip into Spencerville
Where Spencerville clocks in
44% of workers
9% 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.
How a workday changes Spencerville
On a workday 439 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 738 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Spencerville on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.7 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.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spencerville workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 11% 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.
What the 754 jobs in Spencerville are
754 jobs are based in Spencerville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spencerville, 2013 → 2023: 758 → 754. 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 Spencerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Spencerville
About 23% 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.
Most of Spencerville commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spencerville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 492 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 0.0% of Spencerville households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spencerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Spencerville is 2,038th of 4,866 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,036 | Craftsbury VT | 1,291 | $84K | 6.6% | 0.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,037 | Montello WI | 1,174 | $88K | 10.0% | 4.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,038 | Spencerville NM | 1,264 | $79K | 11.6% | 3.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,039 | Wilson WY | 1,113 | $142K | 14.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,040 | Saranac MI | 1,386 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Spencerville, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Spencerville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Aztec (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spencerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencerville | – | C+ | B− | 15 min | $78,899 |
| Flora Vista | 2% | C+ | D | 27 min | $44,352 |
| South River | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $68,668 |
| Aztec | 7% | D | A− | 21 min | $41,977 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spencerville’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 Spencerville: questions
What is the median household income in Spencerville?
$78,899 (±$21,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spencerville?
11.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spencerville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spencerville work?
4% work in town.
Is Spencerville walkable?
Spencerville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spencerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spencerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spencerville
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.