Photo: Cathy from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0About two in five of Jemez Springs’ working residents commute to Los Alamos
Working from home is the commute for 37% of workers; New Mexico has 12%. Hardly any work in Jemez Springs itself; outside it, Los Alamos draws the most (40%, 24 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Jemez Springs
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Jemez Springs on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 Jemez Springs’ working residents head each day
Where Jemez Springs clocks in
40% of workers
17% of workers
10% 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
49 jobs are based in Jemez Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jemez Springs, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 49. 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 Jemez Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jemez Springs’ commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jemez Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 37% 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.
Half of Jemez Springs commutes less than 25 miles
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 Jemez Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Jemez Springs?
$87,917 (±$57,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jemez Springs?
19.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jemez Springs?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jemez Springs work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Jemez Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jemez Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jemez Springs
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.