Household incomes in Canutillo are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Canutillo is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+). 34.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Canutillo
More than half of Canutillo works in El Paso
1,746 working residents, 74%, have their main job in El Paso, 11 miles away across the town line. That’s 37 times as many as work in Canutillo itself. The commute map ↓
Canutillo has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Canutillo went from 608 in 2013 to 1,085 in 2023, +78%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Canutillo are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Canutillo workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Canutillo’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Canutillo gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Canutillo’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canutillo could be anywhere from D to B−.
74% of working residents work in El Paso
Where Canutillo clocks in
74% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Canutillo makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
1,085 jobs are based in Canutillo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canutillo, 2013 → 2023: 608 → 1,085. 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 Canutillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Canutillo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canutillo workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,231 commuters (the 6% 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 daily commute in and out of Canutillo
On a workday 2,317 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 1,049 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Canutillo on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 commute from Canutillo, by distance
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.
For most of Canutillo, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,379 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 7.8% of Canutillo households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Canutillo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,336 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000, Canutillo comes 2,479th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,477 | El Rio CA | 6,368 | $73K | 20.1% | 10.4% | 3% | C |
| 2,478 | Rainbow Springs FL | 6,082 | $57K | 9.3% | 3.5% | 2% | C |
| 2,479 | Canutillo TX | 5,962 | $41K | 34.0% | 3.5% | 2% | C |
| 2,480 | Buhl ID | 4,801 | $56K | 7.6% | 5.4% | 15% | C |
| 2,481 | Alpine TX | 5,989 | $60K | 8.7% | 4.1% | 49% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Canutillo, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 76% of Canutillo’s workers
The biggest share goes to El Paso (74%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Canutillo’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 Canutillo: questions
What is the median household income in Canutillo?
$40,682 (±$15,299) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canutillo?
34.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canutillo?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canutillo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso (74%, 11 mi), Santa Teresa (2%, 5 mi), Anthony (2%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canutillo walkable?
Canutillo is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canutillo 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 Canutillo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canutillo
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.