Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY 4.0Work means El Paso for about two in three of Anthony’s working residents
Measured by household income, Anthony is behind 82% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Anthony C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 5% stay in Anthony for work; outside it, El Paso is the main destination (66%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Anthony, in brief
More than half of Anthony works in El Paso
889 working residents, 66%, have their main job in El Paso, 14 miles away across the town line. That’s 13 times as many as work in Anthony itself. The commute map ↓
Anthony trades workers with the towns around it
Anthony has about as many jobs (1,231) as working residents (1,345), but they are mostly different people: 1,283 residents leave for work each day while 1,169 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Anthony are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Anthony live in another state
Anthony, NM (7%), Sunland Park, NM (3%) and Chaparral, NM (2%) are among the top places Anthony’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 14% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Anthony are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Anthony workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Anthony’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Anthony: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anthony is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #523 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Anthony’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anthony could be anywhere from D to B−.
The places Anthony commutes to
Where Anthony clocks in
66% of workers
4% 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.
In and out of Anthony on a workday
On a workday 1,283 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 1,169 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 (0.92 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.
The 1,231 jobs based in Anthony
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anthony, 2013 → 2023: 1,263 → 1,231. 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 Anthony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Anthony, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anthony workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,693 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
The distance from Anthony to work
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.
Anthony is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anthony is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #319 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,832 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 6.7% of Anthony households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anthony’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Anthony ranks 3,147th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,145 | Dunean SC | 3,668 | $49K | 20.5% | 9.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,146 | Winston OR | 5,680 | $57K | 23.6% | 4.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,147 | Anthony TX | 4,539 | $55K | 19.7% | 8.1% | 5% | C− |
| 3,148 | Mount Pleasant UT | 4,018 | $69K | 19.7% | 4.0% | 22% | C− |
| 3,149 | Delhi NY | 5,545 | $63K | 13.4% | 4.9% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Anthony, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Anthony and its neighbors: 68% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to El Paso. Darker towns draw more of Anthony’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 Anthony: questions
What is the median household income in Anthony?
$54,588 (±$8,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anthony?
19.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anthony?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anthony work?
5% work in town.
Is Anthony walkable?
Anthony is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anthony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anthony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anthony
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.