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Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Aragon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34 people are in Aragon on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
26% of working residents work in Reserve
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Aragon clocks in
26% of workers
13% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Aragon commutes less than 73 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 60% 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.
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 Aragon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Aragon?
46.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Aragon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reserve (26%, 19 mi), El Paso (13%, 186 mi), Morenci (10%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aragon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aragon
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.