Bowlin's Old Crater Trading Post · Photo: MRobison · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Bluewater Village
Bluewater Village has 86 jobs; 137 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%). Hardly any work in Bluewater Village; the top destination outside it is Grants (20%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Bluewater Village: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Bluewater Village on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Out of Bluewater Village to work: where people go
Where Bluewater Village clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Bluewater Village
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bluewater Village, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 86. 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 Bluewater Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bluewater Village
of Bluewater Village workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 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.
Half of Bluewater Village commutes less than 43 miles
About 39% 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 Bluewater Village: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bluewater Village?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bluewater Village work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grants (20%, 12 mi), Albuquerque (15%, 76 mi), Gallup (12%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bluewater Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 65% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bluewater Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bluewater Village
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.