Photo: Ufgallegos · CC BY-SA 4.0How La Madera works: jobs, income and commuting
No jobs are based in La Madera in the Census job records; 21 of its residents work elsewhere. Hardly any stay in La Madera for work; outside it, Los Alamos is the main destination (19%, 36 miles). Below the poverty line: 100.0% of residents, where New Mexico as a whole has 17.8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through La Madera
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in La Madera on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 La Madera goes to work
Where La Madera clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
14% 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.
The distance from La Madera to work
About 52% 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 Madera: questions
What is the poverty rate in La Madera?
100.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Madera work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (19%, 36 mi), Albuquerque (14%, 94 mi), Santa Fe (14%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Madera, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Madera
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.