Caballo has 5.2 jobs for every working resident: 98 people commute in to work
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caballo fills up on a workday
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Caballo on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
5.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Caballo’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Caballo clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Caballo makes things: 97% of its jobs are in goods
98 jobs are based in Caballo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caballo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caballo, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 98. 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.
Working from home in Caballo
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Caballo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 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.
Half of Caballo commutes less than 54 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 56% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Caballo workers work outside New Mexico. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Caballo: questions
What is the poverty rate in Caballo?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Caballo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Truth or Consequences (26%, 18 mi), Las Cruces (16%, 54 mi), Silver City (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caballo 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 Caballo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caballo
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.