Las Tusas has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 5 jobs in Las Tusas, against 78 working residents. Hardly any stay in Las Tusas for work; outside it, Grants is the main destination (26%, 19 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Las Tusas on a workday
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 Las Tusas goes to work
Where Las Tusas clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Las Tusas’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Las Tusas, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 5. 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 Las Tusas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Las Tusas
of Las Tusas workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 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.
Miles to work from Las Tusas
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.
Work in the towns next to Las Tusas
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Las Tusas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Tusas | – | — | — | — | $58,627 |
| Bluewater | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bluewater: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Las Tusas’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 Las Tusas: questions
What is the median household income in Las Tusas?
$58,627 (±$11,817) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Las Tusas?
62.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Las Tusas work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grants (26%, 19 mi), Albuquerque (17%, 85 mi), Milan (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Las Tusas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Las Tusas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Las Tusas
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.