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Jobs & commute in Pinon

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinon works elsewhere

Employers in Pinon report 1 jobs; 4 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pinon; the top destination outside it is Alamogordo (25%, 39 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Pinon, and who commutes in

On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Pinon: the destinations

Alamogordo: 1 residents work here (25%)El Paso: 1 residents work here (25%)PinonChaparralAlamogordoEl PasoPinon
1
Alamogordo38.7 mi away
25%1
2
El Paso, TX81.5 mi away
25%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%2
The top trips

Where Pinon clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Pinon: what the 1 are

Jobs based in PinonJobs Pinon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities100%0%
Services: health, schools, offices0%75%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month0%50%

Who does it

29 or younger0%0%
30 to 540%50%
55 and older100%50%
+0%

Jobs based in Pinon, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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 Pinon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pinon

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlamogordo: 25% · 38.7 miEl Paso: 25% · 81.5 miAlamogordo 25%El Paso 25%Pinon
PinonTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
25%25–50 mi1 residents
75%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 75% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pinon: questions

Where do people who live in Pinon work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alamogordo (25%, 39 mi), El Paso (25%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Pinon, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pinon

Pinon home →

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.