Photo: Peter K. · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Tohatchi earns its living
Hardly any work in Tohatchi; the top destination outside it is Gallup (30%, 23 miles). Working from home is the commute for 19% of workers (New Mexico 12%). Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tohatchi by day and by night
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 110 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 (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Tohatchi to work: where people go
Where Tohatchi clocks in
30% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
110 jobs are based in Tohatchi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tohatchi, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 110. 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 Tohatchi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Tohatchi takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tohatchi workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 19% 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 far Tohatchi’s workers travel
About 40% 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 Tohatchi: questions
What is the median household income in Tohatchi?
$48,125 (±$15,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tohatchi?
31.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tohatchi?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tohatchi work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (30%, 23 mi), St. Michaels (12%, 23 mi), Albuquerque (11%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tohatchi without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tohatchi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tohatchi
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.