About half of Conejo’s working residents commute to Santa Fe
Working residents average 15 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Conejo; the top destination outside it is Santa Fe (47%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Conejo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Conejo on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
47% of working residents work in Santa Fe
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Conejo clocks in
47% of workers
18% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
81 jobs are based in Conejo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conejo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conejo, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 81. 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.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conejo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 commuters (the 18% 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.
Half of Conejo commutes less than 5 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% 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.
50% of Conejo works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Santa Fe (47%). Darker towns draw more of Conejo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conejo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conejo | – | — | — | 15 min | $111,908 |
| Arroyo Hondo | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Sunlit Hills | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Santa Fe | 47% | C+ | A | 21 min | $73,482 |
| Santa Fe Foothills | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arroyo Hondo, Sunlit Hills and Santa Fe Foothills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Conejo: questions
What is the median household income in Conejo?
$111,908 (±$84,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conejo?
9.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conejo?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conejo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (47%, 3 mi), Albuquerque (18%, 54 mi), Española (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Conejo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conejo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conejo
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.