Photo: Davidhc9 · CC BY-SA 3.0How Picuris Pueblo works: jobs, income and commuting
7% of workers work from home; New Mexico has 12%. Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average, where New Mexico has 24 and the U.S. 26. The Census job records count 28 working residents of Picuris Pueblo and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Picuris Pueblo by day
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Picuris Pueblo on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
39% of working residents work in Rio Lucio
Where Picuris Pueblo clocks in
39% of workers
14% 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.
About 14 minutes each way for Picuris Pueblo’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Picuris Pueblo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Picuris Pueblo works
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.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Picuris Pueblo’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Picuris Pueblo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picuris Pueblo | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Rio Lucio | 39% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Vadito | under 4% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rio Lucio and Vadito: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rio Lucio. Darker towns draw more of Picuris Pueblo’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 Picuris Pueblo: questions
What is the poverty rate in Picuris Pueblo?
10.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Picuris Pueblo?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Picuris Pueblo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rio Lucio (39%, 1 mi), Taos (14%, 15 mi), Albuquerque (7%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Picuris Pueblo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Picuris Pueblo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Picuris Pueblo
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.