Photo: Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Los Cerrillos works elsewhere
Only 5% work in Los Cerrillos; the top destination outside it is Santa Fe (42%, 18 miles). There are 32 jobs in Los Cerrillos, and 59 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute 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
Who commutes out of Los Cerrillos, and who commutes in
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Los Cerrillos on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 Los Cerrillos: the destinations
Where Los Cerrillos clocks in
42% of workers
17% 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.
What Los Cerrillos’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Los Cerrillos, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 32. 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 Los Cerrillos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Los Cerrillos
of Los Cerrillos workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 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.
How far Los Cerrillos’ workers travel
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 Los Cerrillos: questions
What is the median household income in Los Cerrillos?
$95,417 (±$90,141) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Los Cerrillos?
3.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Los Cerrillos work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (42%, 18 mi), Albuquerque (17%, 37 mi), Española (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Los Cerrillos 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 Los Cerrillos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Los Cerrillos
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.