Mimbres has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 1% stay in Mimbres for work; outside it, Silver City is the main destination (37%, 19 miles). There are 38 jobs in Mimbres, against 76 working residents. 0% of workers work from home (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Mimbres for work, and who comes in
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Mimbres on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where Mimbres goes to work
Where Mimbres clocks in
37% of workers
7% 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.
45% of the jobs in Mimbres make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mimbres, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 38. 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 Mimbres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mimbres
of Mimbres workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mimbres
About 34% 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.
How Mimbres compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mimbres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mimbres | – | — | — | — | $66,250 |
| Casas Adobes | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| San Lorenzo | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Casas Adobes and San Lorenzo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mimbres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mimbres: questions
What is the median household income in Mimbres?
$66,250 (±$54,560) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mimbres?
3.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mimbres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (37%, 19 mi), Las Cruces (7%, 77 mi), Deming (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mimbres 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 Mimbres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mimbres
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.