With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of La Puebla works elsewhere
Home is the office for 71% of workers (New Mexico 12%). There are 21 jobs in La Puebla, and 319 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in La Puebla; the top destination outside it is Los Alamos (26%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in La Puebla: the figures worth knowing
A lot of La Puebla works from home
71% of La Puebla workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
La Puebla is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in La Puebla, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Puebla has about 420 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 319 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Working from home in La Puebla
of La Puebla workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 71% 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.
Who leaves La Puebla for work, and who comes in
On a workday 319 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in La Puebla on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Commuting out of La Puebla: the destinations
Where La Puebla clocks in
26% of workers
17% of workers
15% 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.
In La Puebla, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Puebla, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 21. 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 Puebla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from La Puebla to work
About 28% 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.
The towns around La Puebla
The biggest share goes to Chimayo (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Puebla workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Puebla | – | — | — | — | — |
| Cuartelez | under 1% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $114,151 |
| Chimayo | 2% | C | D− | 32 min | $56,484 |
| Sombrillo | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| El Valle de Arroyo Seco | 2% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $67,826 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sombrillo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Puebla’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Puebla: questions
What is the poverty rate in La Puebla?
2.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Puebla work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (26%, 18 mi), Albuquerque (17%, 71 mi), Santa Fe (15%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Puebla without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Puebla, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Puebla
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.