Photo: AzaniahT · CC BY-SA 3.0Albuquerque draws about half of Tome’s working residents
46% of workers work from home, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole. Jobs and income earn Tome C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Hardly any stay in Tome for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (46%, 26 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 Tome
Home offices are common in Tome
46% of Tome workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
Nearly half of Tome works in Albuquerque
284 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 26 miles away. That’s 46 times as many as work in Tome itself. The commute map ↓
Tome is a place people come home to
There are 155 jobs based in Tome, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tome has about 1,300 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Tome’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tome is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Tome’s grade up ($85,448, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (13.9%) is left out: Tome’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, Tome could be anywhere from D to A−.
Getting to work from Tome takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tome workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 440 commuters (the 46% 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.
Where Tome goes to work
Where Tome clocks in
46% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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 Tome
On a workday 611 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Tome on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Factories, building and farms: 49% of the jobs in Tome
155 jobs are based in Tome.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tome, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 155. 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 Tome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tome’s commute, mile by mile
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 Tome commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tome is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Tome near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 810 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 1.3% of Tome households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tome’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Tome ranks 2,635th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 656 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 847 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,005 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,633 | Monticello UT | 1,737 | $73K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 30% | C+ |
| 2,634 | Weyauwega WI | 1,788 | $67K | 10.6% | 0.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,635 | Tome NM | 1,723 | $85K | 12.2% | 13.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,636 | Fairfield Beach OH | 1,432 | $49K | 8.1% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,637 | Level Plains AL | 1,838 | $77K | 12.1% | 4.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Tome, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Around Tome: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Los Chaves (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tome workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tome | – | C+ | D | 22 min | $85,448 |
| Los Chaves | 1% | B− | D | 27 min | $79,662 |
| Adelino | under 1% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adelino: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tome’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 Tome: questions
What is the median household income in Tome?
$85,448 (±$30,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tome?
12.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tome?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 46% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tome work?
1% work in town.
Is Tome walkable?
Tome is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tome without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tome
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.