Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Jacona

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Jacona

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Jacona works elsewhere

The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Jacona report 14 jobs, against 158 working residents. Hardly any stay in Jacona for work; outside it, Santa Fe is the main destination (26%, 16 miles).

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

14 jobs based here
Household income
$84K
median · New Mexico $64K
Poverty
14.3%
New Mexico 17.8%
Unemployment
6.8%
New Mexico 6.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
29 min
New Mexico 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 158 working residents
Work from home
17%
New Mexico 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Jacona

On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

158live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night410
Workday270
410live here− 160head out to work+ 14come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Jacona on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

The places Jacona commutes to

El Centro: 1 residents work here (1%)Irvine: 1 residents work here (1%)Bernalillo: 1 residents work here (1%)Española: 9 residents work here (6%)Albuquerque: 23 residents work here (15%)Rio Rancho: 2 residents work here (1%)Santa Fe: 41 residents work here (26%)JaconitaJaconaCuyamunguePojoaque: 12 residents work here (8%)Tesuque: 2 residents work here (1%)Los Alamos: 29 residents work here (18%)Navajo DamSanta FeLos AlamosAlbuquerquePojoaqueEspañolaRio RanchoJacona
1
Santa Fe16 mi away
26%41
2
Los Alamos14.1 mi away
18%29
3
Albuquerque64.1 mi away
15%23
4
Pojoaque1.7 mi away
8%12
5
Española8.2 mi away
6%9
6
Rio Rancho55.8 mi away
1%2
7
Tesuque11.7 mi away
1%2
8
El Centro, CA583.7 mi away
1%1
9
Irvine, CA682.6 mi away
1%1
10
Bernalillo49.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%37
The top trips

Where Jacona clocks in

26% of workers
16 mi awaySanta Fe41 Jacona residents work here · Jobs & commute →
18% of workers
14.1 mi awayLos Alamos29 Jacona residents work here · Jobs & commute →
15% of workers
64.1 mi awayAlbuquerque23 Jacona residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Jacona

Jobs based in JaconaJobs Jacona residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%6%
Trade, transport & utilities71%14%
Services: health, schools, offices29%80%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%34%
Over $3,333 a month64%55%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 5429%49%
55 and older71%26%
−36%

Jobs based in Jacona, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 14. 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 Jacona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Jacona: about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
225 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Jacona29 min
New Mexico24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
17%

of Jacona workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Jacona gets to work
94%Drive alone
6%Carpool

Share of the 109 commuters (the 17% 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

How many miles Jacona commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSanta Fe: 26% · 16 miLos Alamos: 18% · 14.1 miAlbuquerque: 15% · 64.1 miPojoaque: 8% · 1.7 miEspañola: 6% · 8.2 miRio Rancho: 1% · 55.8 miTesuque: 1% · 11.7 miEl Centro: 1% · 583.7 miIrvine: 1% · 682.6 miBernalillo: 1% · 49.2 miSanta Fe 26%Los Alamos 18%Albuquerque 15%Pojoaque 8%Española 6%Jacona
JaconaTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi38 residents
51%10–24 mi81 residents
3%25–50 mi4 residents
22%Over 50 mi35 residents

About 22% 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.

Next door

How Jacona compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Pojoaque (8%).

Pojoaque: 8% of workers work hereJaconita: few work herePojoaqueJaconitaJacona
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pojoaque22 min
Jaconita24 min
Jacona29 min
Pojoaque8% of Jacona works hereJaconitaunder 1% of Jacona

Jobs & commute next door

TownJacona workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Jacona–——29 min$84,375
Pojoaque8%CB22 min$74,028
Jaconitaunder 1%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Jaconita: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Jacona’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Jacona: questions

What is the median household income in Jacona?

$84,375 (±$24,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Jacona?

14.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Jacona?

29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Jacona work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (26%, 16 mi), Los Alamos (18%, 14 mi), Albuquerque (15%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Jacona 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 Jacona, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Jacona

Jacona home →
$1,150median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Jacona
29min commute
HandbookGetting around JaconaRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in NMShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.