Jobs, income and commuting in Canjilon, NM
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Canjilon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Canjilon on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
24% of working residents work in Chama
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Canjilon clocks in
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Working from home in Canjilon
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Canjilon workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 commuters (the 18% 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 Canjilon commutes less than 42 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 27% 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 Canjilon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Canjilon?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Canjilon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chama (24%, 30 mi), Dulce (13%, 46 mi), Albuquerque (11%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Canjilon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canjilon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canjilon
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.