Anton Chico has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%). There are 6 jobs in Anton Chico; 44 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Anton Chico; the top destination outside it is Santa Rosa (41%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Anton Chico, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Anton Chico on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Where Anton Chico goes to work
Where Anton Chico clocks in
41% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 83% of Anton Chico’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anton Chico, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Anton Chico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Anton Chico
of Anton Chico workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Anton Chico, by distance
About 36% 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.
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 Anton Chico: questions
What is the poverty rate in Anton Chico?
26.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Anton Chico work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Rosa (41%, 32 mi), Las Vegas (9%, 29 mi), Albuquerque (9%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Anton Chico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anton Chico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anton Chico
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.