House draws 30 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 31 jobs in House, against 13 working residents. Only 8% work in House itself; outside it, Santa Fe draws the most (15%, 137 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of House on a workday
On a workday 12 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 73 people are in House on a workday afternoon, 33% more 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.
Commuting in to House: where workers come from
Where House clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in House, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 31. 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 House’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in House
of House workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from House
About 75% 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 House: questions
What is the median household income in House?
$2,499 (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in House?
84.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in House work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (15%, 137 mi), Tucumcari (8%, 38 mi), Ruidoso (8%, 135 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around House without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 81% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from House, from the people who make the trip.
More of House
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.