Abo · Photo: en:User:Nationalparks · CC BY-SA 2.5Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Deer Canyon
Hardly any stay in Deer Canyon for work; outside it, Mountainair is the main destination (35%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. The Census job records count 17 working residents of Deer Canyon and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Deer Canyon, and who commutes in
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Deer Canyon on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The towns that employ Deer Canyon’s residents
Where Deer Canyon clocks in
35% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Deer Canyon
of Deer Canyon workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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 Deer Canyon goes to work
About 38% 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 Deer Canyon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Deer Canyon?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Deer Canyon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountainair (35%, 7 mi), Albuquerque (18%, 51 mi), Estancia (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deer Canyon 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 Deer Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Canyon
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.