La Hacienda has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in La Hacienda; the top destination outside it is Deming (41%, 4 miles). There are 7 jobs in La Hacienda, and 199 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in La Hacienda: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in La Hacienda on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 people from La Hacienda work
Where La Hacienda clocks in
41% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 86% of jobs based in La Hacienda
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Hacienda, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 7. 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 Hacienda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in La Hacienda
of La Hacienda workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
La Hacienda’s commute, mile by mile
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 La Hacienda: questions
What is the median household income in La Hacienda?
$30,541 (±$14,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Hacienda?
51.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Hacienda work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Deming (41%, 4 mi), Las Cruces (11%, 55 mi), El Paso (7%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Hacienda 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 Hacienda, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Hacienda
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.