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Jobs & commute in Pueblito

Jobs and earnings in Pueblito, and the trip to work

38% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across New Mexico. Hardly any work in Pueblito itself; outside it, Los Alamos draws the most (24%, 17 miles). Pueblito has 21 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

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

Day and night

How a workday changes Pueblito

On a workday 21 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night41
Workday20
41live here− 21head out to work+ 0come in to work= 20on a workday

About 20 people are in Pueblito on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

The places Pueblito commutes to

Española: 1 residents work here (5%)Albuquerque: 2 residents work here (10%)Santa Fe: 3 residents work here (14%)PueblitoSanta Clara Pueblo: 2 residents work here (10%)ChamitaOhkay Owingeh: 3 residents work here (14%)Waterflow: 1 residents work here (5%)Los Alamos: 5 residents work here (24%)Las Campanas: 1 residents work here (5%)Dulce: 1 residents work here (5%)Los AlamosSanta FeOhkay OwingehAlbuquerqueSanta Clara PuebloEspañolaPueblito
1
Los Alamos17 mi away
24%5
2
Santa Fe28.9 mi away
14%3
3
Ohkay Owingeh2.7 mi away
14%3
4
Albuquerque74 mi away
10%2
510%2
6
Española4.8 mi away
5%1
7
Waterflow141.2 mi away
5%1
8
Las Campanas24.7 mi away
5%1
9
Dulce79.4 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%2
The top trips

Where Pueblito 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pueblito

Working from home
38%

of Pueblito workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Pueblito gets to work
40%Drive alone
60%Carpool

Share of the 10 commuters (the 38% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Pueblito

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLos Alamos: 24% · 17 miSanta Fe: 14% · 28.9 miOhkay Owingeh: 14% · 2.7 miAlbuquerque: 10% · 74 miSanta Clara Pueblo: 10% · 7.1 miEspañola: 5% · 4.8 miWaterflow: 5% · 141.2 miLas Campanas: 5% · 24.7 miDulce: 5% · 79.4 miLos Alamos 24%Santa Fe 14%Ohkay Owingeh 14%Albuquerque 10%Santa Clara Pueblo 10%Pueblito
PueblitoTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi7 residents
29%10–24 mi6 residents
19%25–50 mi4 residents
19%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 19% 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.

Next door

Pueblito and the towns next door

Chamita: few work hereChamitaPueblito
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownPueblito workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pueblito–————
Chamitaunder 5%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Chamita: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Pueblito’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Pueblito: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pueblito?

0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Pueblito work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (24%, 17 mi), Santa Fe (14%, 29 mi), Ohkay Owingeh (14%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Pueblito 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 Pueblito, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pueblito

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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.