Pleasanton draws 91 commuters a day, with 4.8 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Pleasanton for work; outside it, Reserve is the main destination (37%, 30 miles). 91 jobs are based in Pleasanton for 19 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pleasanton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 19 residents head out to work and 0 work right here.
About 330 people are in Pleasanton on a workday afternoon, 28% more 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.
The daily trip into Pleasanton
Where Pleasanton clocks in
37% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
In Pleasanton, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasanton, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 91. 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 Pleasanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pleasanton
of Pleasanton workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% 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 Pleasanton works
About 47% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Pleasanton workers work outside New Mexico. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pleasanton: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasanton?
$83,375 (±$54,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasanton?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pleasanton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reserve (37%, 30 mi), Denver (5%, 500 mi), Silver City (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasanton
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.