Buckhorn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 4 jobs in Buckhorn, and 34 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Buckhorn; the top destination outside it is Silver City (29%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Buckhorn, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in Buckhorn on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Buckhorn goes to work
Where Buckhorn clocks in
29% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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: 50% of Buckhorn’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckhorn, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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 Buckhorn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Buckhorn commutes less than 34 miles
About 32% 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 Buckhorn: questions
What is the poverty rate in Buckhorn?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Buckhorn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (29%, 30 mi), Denver (3%, 511 mi), Ammon (3%, 743 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckhorn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckhorn
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.