Most of East Pecos commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
6 jobs are based in East Pecos; 157 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in East Pecos; the top destination outside it is Las Vegas (18%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average, where New Mexico has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of East Pecos, and who commutes in
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in East Pecos on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 East Pecos’ residents
Where East Pecos clocks in
18% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in East Pecos
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Pecos, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 East Pecos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from East Pecos: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Pecos workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from East Pecos
About 45% 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.
Work in the towns next to East Pecos
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Pecos workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Pecos | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Pecos | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 42 min | $88,490 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Pecos’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 East Pecos: questions
What is the poverty rate in East Pecos?
3.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Pecos?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Pecos work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (18%, 24 mi), Santa Fe (17%, 20 mi), Albuquerque (17%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Pecos 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 East Pecos, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Pecos
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.