Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0For about half of its working residents, Folsom is a commute to Clayton
Hardly any work in Folsom; the top destination outside it is Clayton (50%, 51 miles). Home is the office for 60% of workers (New Mexico 12%). 2 jobs are based in Folsom; 22 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Folsom, and who commutes in
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Folsom on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Where the trip to work from Folsom ends
Where Folsom clocks in
50% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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: 100% of the jobs in Folsom
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Folsom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Folsom
of Folsom workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 commuters (the 60% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Folsom
About 40% 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 Folsom: questions
What is the poverty rate in Folsom?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Folsom work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Folsom 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 Folsom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Folsom
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.