Photo: Davishan99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Eagle Nest has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Eagle Nest has 41 jobs; 74 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Eagle Nest for work; outside it, Angel Fire is the main destination (30%, 12 miles). 46% of workers have no commute at all; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Eagle Nest, and who commutes in
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Eagle Nest on a workday afternoon, 10% 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.
Where the trip to work from Eagle Nest ends
Where Eagle Nest clocks in
30% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Eagle Nest: what the 41 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Nest, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 41. 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 Eagle Nest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Nest workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 46% 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.
Eagle Nest’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Eagle Nest: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Nest?
$57,692 (±$14,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Nest?
13.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Nest?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 46% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Nest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angel Fire (30%, 12 mi), Cimarron (11%, 20 mi), Springer (8%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Nest without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Nest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Nest
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.