Twin Lakes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Twin Lakes, and 100 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Twin Lakes; the top destination outside it is Gallup (36%, 12 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, about the same as across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Twin Lakes
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Twin Lakes on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
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 Twin Lakes goes to work
Where Twin Lakes clocks in
36% of workers
17% 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.
The kinds of work in Twin Lakes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Twin Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Twin Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Lakes workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 commuters (the 9% 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 many miles Twin Lakes commutes
About 36% 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 Twin Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Lakes?
$25,938 (±$9,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Lakes?
50.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Lakes?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Lakes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (36%, 12 mi), Albuquerque (17%, 126 mi), St. Michaels (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Lakes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Lakes
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.