George Becker House, Bunk House and Barn · Photo: Matthew.kowal · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Los Ojos, and the trip to work
The Census job records count 20 working residents of Los Ojos and no jobs based in it. Hardly any work in Los Ojos itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (20%, 113 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Los Ojos
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3 people are in Los Ojos on a workday afternoon, 87% 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 Los Ojos’ working residents head each day
Where Los Ojos clocks in
20% of workers
10% 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 commute from Los Ojos, by distance
About 68% 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 Los Ojos: questions
What is the poverty rate in Los Ojos?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Los Ojos work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (20%, 113 mi), Chama (15%, 10 mi), Santa Fe (10%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Los Ojos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Los Ojos
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.