There are 2.4 jobs in Datil for every working resident, and 17 people commute in
Hardly any work in Datil; the top destination outside it is Las Cruces (29%, 139 miles). Datil has 17 jobs for 7 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Datil by day and by night
On a workday 7 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 27 people are in Datil on a workday afternoon, 59% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Datil’s workforce comes from
Where Datil clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
14% 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 Datil’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Datil, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 17. 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 Datil’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Datil
of Datil workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 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.
Where in the region Datil works
About 86% 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 Datil: questions
What is the poverty rate in Datil?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Datil work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Cruces (29%, 139 mi), Reserve (14%, 60 mi), El Paso (14%, 178 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Datil without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 100% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Datil, from the people who make the trip.
More of Datil
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.