Most of Lobo Canyon commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 10 jobs in Lobo Canyon, and 19 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lobo Canyon; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (16%, 61 miles). Home is the office for 27% of workers (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Lobo Canyon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 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.
The towns that employ Lobo Canyon’s residents
Where Lobo Canyon clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lobo Canyon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lobo Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 10. 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 Lobo Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lobo Canyon
of Lobo Canyon workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 27% 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.
Where in the region Lobo Canyon works
About 61% 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 Lobo Canyon: questions
What is the median household income in Lobo Canyon?
$91,506 (±$944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lobo Canyon?
7.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lobo Canyon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (16%, 61 mi), Grants (11%, 8 mi), Eagar (5%, 118 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lobo Canyon 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 Lobo Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lobo Canyon
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.