Photo: Eugene Kim from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0About two in five of Tesuque’s working residents commute to Santa Fe
Jobs & income C−: better than 17% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 15 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Tesuque; the top destination outside it is Santa Fe (39%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Tesuque
Tesuque and Santa Fe trade workers both ways
Santa Fe is the top workplace for Tesuque residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Tesuque come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Tesuque
36% of Tesuque workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Tesuque 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 (19 to 35 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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Tesuque’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tesuque is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Tesuque’s grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (19.5%) is left out: Tesuque’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tesuque could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Tesuque’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Tesuque clocks in
39% of workers
18% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tesuque workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 36% 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.
Tesuque fills up on a workday
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Tesuque on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
441 jobs are based in Tesuque. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tesuque’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tesuque, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 441. 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.
Half of Tesuque commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 32% 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.
Most trips from Tesuque start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tesuque is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 233 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 0.0 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). 0.0% of Tesuque households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tesuque’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tesuque is 2,722nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tesuque, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 483 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 524 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 751 | Sandia Knolls NM | 1,445 | $92K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,720 | Paint Township OH | 1,307 | $52K | 10.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 2,721 | Brushcreek Township OH | 1,439 | $66K | 12.6% | 3.1% | <1% | C− |
| 2,722 | Tesuque NM | 1,079 | $56K | 18.4% | 19.5% | 4% | C− |
| 2,723 | Pleasant Grove OH | 1,436 | $54K | 22.1% | 2.1% | 1% | C− |
| 2,724 | Lyonsdale NY | 1,151 | $62K | 10.4% | 9.0% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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.
41% of Tesuque works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Santa Fe (39%). Darker towns draw more of Tesuque’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tesuque workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesuque | – | C− | B | 15 min | $55,865 |
| Santa Fe | 39% | C+ | A | 21 min | $73,482 |
| Hyde Park | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Peak Place | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Tano Road | 2% | B− | B | 35 min | $183,162 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hyde Park and Peak Place: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Tesuque: questions
What is the median household income in Tesuque?
$55,865 (±$37,693) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tesuque?
18.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tesuque?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tesuque work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (39%, 7 mi), Albuquerque (18%, 60 mi), Los Alamos (12%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tesuque walkable?
Tesuque is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tesuque 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 Tesuque, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tesuque
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.