Most of Capulin commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 6 jobs in Capulin, and 21 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Capulin itself; outside it, Clayton draws the most (43%, 52 miles). 44% of workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Capulin, and who commutes in
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Capulin on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Capulin’s working residents head each day
Where Capulin clocks in
43% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Capulin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Capulin, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. 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 Capulin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Capulin
of Capulin workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 44% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Capulin
About 37% 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 Capulin: questions
What is the median household income in Capulin?
$34,464 (±$9,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Capulin?
6.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Capulin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clayton (43%, 52 mi), Des Moines (10%, 9 mi), San Jon (5%, 119 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Capulin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Capulin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Capulin
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.