La Cueva has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in La Cueva itself; outside it, Los Alamos draws the most (33%, 20 miles). Employers in La Cueva report 4 jobs; 81 of its residents have a job. For 18% of workers, the job is at home; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through La Cueva
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in La Cueva on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer 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.
Where the trip to work from La Cueva ends
Where La Cueva clocks in
33% of workers
21% of workers
6% 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 health care, schools and offices in La Cueva
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Cueva, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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 La Cueva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in La Cueva
of La Cueva workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 18% 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.
The commute from La Cueva, by distance
About 35% 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 La Cueva: questions
What is the median household income in La Cueva?
$248,625 (±$60,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Cueva?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Cueva work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (33%, 20 mi), Albuquerque (21%, 53 mi), Santa Fe (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Cueva 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 La Cueva, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Cueva
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.