Upper Fruitland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Upper Fruitland has 2 jobs for 245 working residents. For jobs and income Upper Fruitland is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, Upper Fruitland is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Upper Fruitland and work: the main findings
Upper Fruitland is a place people come home to
There are 2 jobs based in Upper Fruitland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Upper Fruitland than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Upper Fruitland fell from 531 in 2013 to 2 in 2023, −100%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 245 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Upper Fruitland’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Upper Fruitland’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (29.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (12.1%) is left out: Upper Fruitland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Upper Fruitland could be anywhere from D− to D.
The daily commute in and out of Upper Fruitland
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Upper Fruitland on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Jobs in Upper Fruitland: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 2. 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 Upper Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Upper Fruitland
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.
30% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Upper Fruitland clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Commuting from Upper Fruitland: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Fruitland workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 394 commuters (the 3% 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.
Few in Upper Fruitland walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Fruitland is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Upper Fruitland 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 405 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 under 0.1 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). 8.5% of Upper Fruitland households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Fruitland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Upper Fruitland comes 5,595th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 815 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 905 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 977 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,593 | Olive Township OH | 1,650 | $51K | 15.4% | 14.7% | 3% | D |
| 5,594 | Lenox Township OH | 1,378 | $49K | 28.0% | 7.7% | 2% | D |
| 5,595 | Upper Fruitland NM | 1,457 | $49K | 29.3% | 12.1% | 0% | D |
| 5,596 | Stoneville NC | 1,364 | $45K | 28.3% | 8.1% | 3% | D |
| 5,597 | New Rockford ND | 1,342 | $44K | 12.9% | 3.7% | 30% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Upper Fruitland, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
The towns next door employ 30% of Upper Fruitland
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Fruitland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Fruitland | – | D | D− | 31 min | $49,453 |
| Fruitland | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Nenahnezad | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Farmington | 30% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $68,784 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fruitland and Nenahnezad: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Farmington. Darker towns draw more of Upper Fruitland’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 Upper Fruitland: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Fruitland?
$49,453 (±$9,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Fruitland?
29.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Fruitland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Fruitland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (30%, 8 mi), Albuquerque (13%, 146 mi), Shiprock (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Fruitland walkable?
Upper Fruitland is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Fruitland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Fruitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Fruitland
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.