Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Tse Bonito
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; New Mexico has 12%. Only 6% work in Tse Bonito; the top destination outside it is Gallup (28%, 17 miles). There are 65 jobs in Tse Bonito for 47 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Tse Bonito
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Tse Bonito on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
Where Tse Bonito goes to work
Where Tse Bonito clocks in
28% of workers
19% of workers
6% 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.
What Tse Bonito’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tse Bonito, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 65. 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 Tse Bonito’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tse Bonito
of Tse Bonito workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% 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 Tse Bonito’s workers travel
About 53% 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 Tse Bonito: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tse Bonito?
16.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tse Bonito work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (28%, 17 mi), Albuquerque (19%, 138 mi), Santa Fe (6%, 170 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tse Bonito without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tse Bonito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tse Bonito
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.