Peñasco has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Peñasco itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (17%, 91 miles). 19 jobs are based in Peñasco for 124 working residents. Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Peñasco, and who commutes in
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Peñasco on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 the trip to work from Peñasco ends
Where Peñasco clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Peñasco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peñasco, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 19. 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 Peñasco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Peñasco: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peñasco workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from Peñasco
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 Peñasco: questions
What is the median household income in Peñasco?
$45,833 (±$14,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peñasco?
18.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peñasco?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peñasco work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (17%, 91 mi), Los Alamos (17%, 38 mi), Taos (16%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peñasco without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peñasco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peñasco
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.