Most of Cañones commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
57% of workers have no commute at all (New Mexico 12%). There are 3 jobs in Cañones, against 20 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cañones for work; outside it, Chama is the main destination (20%, 50 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Cañones
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Cañones on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Cañones’ residents
Where Cañones clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Cañones
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cañones, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Cañones’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cañones
of Cañones workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 57% 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.
Where in the region Cañones works
About 50% 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 Cañones: questions
What is the median household income in Cañones?
$103,625 (±$72,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cañones?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cañones work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chama (20%, 50 mi), Albuquerque (10%, 75 mi), Abiquiu (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cañones 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 Cañones, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cañones
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.