Most of Chili commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%). There are 10 jobs in Chili, and 105 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Chili itself; outside it, Los Alamos draws the most (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Chili, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Chili on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Chili’s residents
Where Chili clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Chili
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chili, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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 Chili’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Chili
of Chili workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 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.
Half of Chili commutes less than 36 miles
About 42% 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 Chili: questions
What is the median household income in Chili?
$63,939 (±$15,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chili?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Chili work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (14%, 16 mi), Albuquerque (12%, 74 mi), Española (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chili 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 Chili, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chili
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.