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Jobs & commute in Encinal

Earning a living in Encinal

Hardly any work in Encinal itself; outside it, Laguna draws the most (22%, 6 miles). Encinal has 27 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Encinal: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Encinal: the destinations

Page: 1 residents work here (4%)Milan: 2 residents work here (7%)Grants: 1 residents work here (4%)Hobbs: 1 residents work here (4%)Albuquerque: 1 residents work here (4%)Santa Fe: 1 residents work here (4%)EncinalSkyline-Ganipa: 4 residents work here (15%)Mesita: 3 residents work here (11%)Waterflow: 2 residents work here (7%)Laguna: 6 residents work here (22%)LagunaSkyline-GanipaMesitaMilanWaterflowPageEncinal
1
Laguna5.7 mi away
22%6
2
Skyline-Ganipa10 mi away
15%4
3
Mesita11.1 mi away
11%3
4
Milan24.8 mi away
7%2
5
Waterflow126.9 mi away
7%2
6
Page, AZ259.1 mi away
4%1
7
Grants21 mi away
4%1
8
Hobbs296.5 mi away
4%1
9
Albuquerque46.3 mi away
4%1
10
Santa Fe91.8 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%5
The top trips

Where Encinal clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

Where in the region Encinal works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLaguna: 22% · 5.7 miSkyline-Ganipa: 15% · 10 miMesita: 11% · 11.1 miMilan: 7% · 24.8 miWaterflow: 7% · 126.9 miPage: 4% · 259.1 miGrants: 4% · 21 miHobbs: 4% · 296.5 miAlbuquerque: 4% · 46.3 miSanta Fe: 4% · 91.8 miLaguna 22%Skyline-Ganipa 15%Mesita 11%Milan 7%Waterflow 7%Encinal
EncinalTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi11 residents
26%10–24 mi7 residents
7%25–50 mi2 residents
26%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 26% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Encinal: questions

Where do people who live in Encinal work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laguna (22%, 6 mi), Skyline-Ganipa (15%, 10 mi), Mesita (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Encinal, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Encinal

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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.