Jobs and earnings in Yah-ta-hey, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 20% of workers (New Mexico 12%). Hardly any work in Yah-ta-hey itself; outside it, Gallup draws the most (39%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 47 minutes (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Yah-ta-hey: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 116 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 (1.12 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 Yah-ta-hey to work: where people go
Where Yah-ta-hey clocks in
39% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
116 jobs are based in Yah-ta-hey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yah-ta-hey, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 116. 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 Yah-ta-hey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Yah-ta-hey spends getting to work: about 47 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yah-ta-hey workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 20% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Yah-ta-hey
About 43% 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.
Next door to Yah-ta-hey
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yah-ta-hey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yah-ta-hey | – | — | — | 47 min | $44,068 |
| Rock Springs | under 1% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $97,155 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yah-ta-hey’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 Yah-ta-hey: questions
What is the median household income in Yah-ta-hey?
$44,068 (±$11,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yah-ta-hey?
25.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yah-ta-hey?
47 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yah-ta-hey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (39%, 8 mi), Albuquerque (13%, 126 mi), St. Michaels (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yah-ta-hey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yah-ta-hey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yah-ta-hey
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.