Jobs, income and commuting in Luna, NM
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Luna quiets down on a workday
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27 people are in Luna on a workday afternoon, 63% 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.
13% of working residents work in Reserve
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Luna clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Luna commutes less than 58 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 52% 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.
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 Luna: questions
What is the median household income in Luna?
$25,526 (±$2,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Luna?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Luna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reserve (13%, 13 mi), Glenwood (7%, 35 mi), Pima (4%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Luna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Luna
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.