Variadero Bridge · Photo: UltraSparky · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Conchas Dam commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole. There are 16 jobs in Conchas Dam for 67 working residents. Only 7% stay in Conchas Dam for work; outside it, Las Vegas is the main destination (18%, 60 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Conchas Dam by day
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Conchas Dam on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Conchas Dam’s residents
Where Conchas Dam clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Conchas Dam
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conchas Dam, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 16. 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 Conchas Dam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Conchas Dam
of Conchas Dam workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 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 Conchas Dam goes to work
About 82% 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 Conchas Dam: questions
What is the poverty rate in Conchas Dam?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Conchas Dam work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (18%, 60 mi), Albuquerque (16%, 139 mi), Santa Fe (12%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Conchas Dam 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 Conchas Dam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conchas Dam
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.