Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Chupadero works elsewhere
12 jobs are based in Chupadero, against 74 working residents. Hardly any work in Chupadero itself; outside it, Santa Fe draws the most (38%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 26% of workers, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Chupadero, and who commutes in
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Chupadero 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.
Commuting out of Chupadero: the destinations
Where Chupadero clocks in
38% of workers
19% of workers
16% 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.
75% of the jobs in Chupadero pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chupadero, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 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 Chupadero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Chupadero
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chupadero workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 26% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Chupadero
About 34% 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.
The towns around Chupadero
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chupadero workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chupadero | – | — | — | 33 min | $101,094 |
| Encantado | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rio en Medio | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Encantado and Rio en Medio: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chupadero’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 Chupadero: questions
What is the median household income in Chupadero?
$101,094 (±$91,995) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chupadero?
15.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chupadero?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chupadero work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (38%, 11 mi), Albuquerque (19%, 64 mi), Los Alamos (16%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chupadero 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 Chupadero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chupadero
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.