Photo: Dana B. Chase · Public domainOjo Caliente draws 186 commuters a day, with 11.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Ojo Caliente report 188 jobs; 17 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Ojo Caliente for work; outside it, Taos is the main destination (35%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 15 residents head out to work and 2 work right 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 Ojo Caliente’s workers come from
Where Ojo Caliente clocks in
35% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Ojo Caliente
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ojo Caliente, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 188. 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 Ojo Caliente’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ojo Caliente
About 29% 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 Ojo Caliente: questions
Where do people who live in Ojo Caliente work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Taos (35%, 26 mi), Red River (12%, 44 mi), Deming (6%, 296 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ojo Caliente, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ojo Caliente
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.