Most of Casas Adobes commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Casas Adobes has 12 jobs for 66 working residents. Only 2% stay in Casas Adobes for work; outside it, Silver City is the main destination (21%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Casas Adobes
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Casas Adobes on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Casas Adobes’ working residents head each day
Where Casas Adobes clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
What Casas Adobes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casas Adobes, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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 Casas Adobes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Casas Adobes
of Casas Adobes workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Casas Adobes’ workers travel
About 39% 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.
Casas Adobes and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Casas Adobes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casas Adobes | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mimbres | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| San Lorenzo | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mimbres and San Lorenzo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Casas Adobes’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Casas Adobes: questions
What is the poverty rate in Casas Adobes?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Casas Adobes work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (21%, 19 mi), Albuquerque (5%, 175 mi), Las Cruces (5%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Casas Adobes 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 Casas Adobes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casas Adobes
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.