A job hub: Middle Frisco has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 17 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico. 17 jobs are based in Middle Frisco, and 8 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Middle Frisco for work; outside it, Silver City is the main destination (25%, 70 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Middle Frisco on a workday
On a workday 8 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 79 people are in Middle Frisco on a workday afternoon, 13% more 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.
The daily trip into Middle Frisco
Where Middle Frisco clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 82% of the jobs in Middle Frisco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Middle Frisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Middle Frisco
of Middle Frisco workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 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.
Half of Middle Frisco commutes less than 23 miles
About 50% 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 Middle Frisco: questions
What is the poverty rate in Middle Frisco?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Middle Frisco work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (25%, 70 mi), Reserve (13%, 1 mi), Alma (13%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middle Frisco 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 Middle Frisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middle Frisco
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.