Work & commute · Tohatchi

Work & commute in Tohatchi, NM

Most working residents leave Tohatchi for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (30%), St. Michaels (12%) and Albuquerque (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Tohatchi residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tohatchi.

130live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tohatchi goes to work

Gallup22.8 mi away

30%39

St. Michaels, AZ23.1 mi away

12%16

Albuquerque129 mi away

11%14

Farmington70.5 mi away

6%8

Crownpoint34.3 mi away

5%6

Fort Defiance, AZ18.9 mi away

3%4

Grants70.3 mi away

2%2

Tse Bonito19.8 mi away

2%2

Church Rock21.4 mi away

2%2

Phoenix, AZ246.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%36

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Tohatchi commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

40%

1%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tohatchi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tohatchi are

110 jobs are based in Tohatchi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tohatchi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tohatchi

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month72%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Tohatchi residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−32%

Jobs based in Tohatchi, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 110. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.