Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Mora
Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico. About one in five work in Mora; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (11%, 95 miles). Mora has 199 jobs; 144 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Mora
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Mora on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
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 Mora goes to work
Where Mora clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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 Mora: what the 199 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mora, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 199. 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 Mora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mora
of Mora workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 26% 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 Mora commutes less than 31 miles
About 33% 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 Mora: questions
What is the median household income in Mora?
$72,218 (±$7,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mora?
8.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mora work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (11%, 95 mi), Las Vegas (9%, 26 mi), Santa Fe (7%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mora 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 Mora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mora
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.