Photo: Cathy from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Madrid, and the trip to work
Madrid has 48 jobs, against 66 working residents. About one in ten work in Madrid itself; outside it, Santa Fe draws the most (38%, 20 miles). Working from home is the commute for 17% of workers, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Madrid on a workday
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 42 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.
0.73 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 the trip to work from Madrid ends
Where Madrid clocks in
38% of workers
18% 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.
Jobs in Madrid: what the 48 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madrid, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 48. 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 Madrid’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Madrid
of Madrid workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Madrid commutes less than 22 miles
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 Madrid: questions
What is the poverty rate in Madrid?
44.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Madrid work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (38%, 20 mi), Albuquerque (18%, 35 mi), Española (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madrid 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 Madrid, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madrid
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.