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Jobs & commute in Pueblitos

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Pueblitos works elsewhere

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico. Pueblitos has 67 jobs; 173 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Pueblitos for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (43%, 35 miles).

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

67 jobs based here
Household income
$43K
median · New Mexico $64K
Poverty
40.0%
New Mexico 17.8%
Unemployment
16.8%
New Mexico 6.0% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
16 min
New Mexico 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 173 working residents
Work from home
0%
New Mexico 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

A workday in Pueblitos: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 173 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.

173live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
67work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night600
Workday490
600live here− 170head out to work+ 67come in to work= 490on a workday

About 490 people are in Pueblitos on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.39jobs 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 Pueblitos: the destinations

MelroseBosque FarmsPeralta: 2 residents work here (1%)Taos: 2 residents work here (1%)Rio Communities: 2 residents work here (1%)Socorro: 2 residents work here (1%)Los Lunas: 17 residents work here (10%)Belen: 31 residents work here (18%)Albuquerque: 74 residents work here (43%)Rio RanchoSanta Fe: 2 residents work here (1%)PueblitosMadroneKirtland AFB: 2 residents work here (1%)JaralesLos ChavesSouth Valley: 3 residents work here (2%)AlbuquerqueBelenLos LunasSouth ValleyPeraltaTaosPueblitos
1
Albuquerque34.9 mi away
43%74
2
Belen10.8 mi away
18%31
3
Los Lunas13.1 mi away
10%17
4
South Valley28 mi away
2%3
5
Peralta15.9 mi away
1%2
6
Taos140 mi away
1%2
7
Rio Communities4.4 mi away
1%2
8
Socorro39.2 mi away
1%2
9
Santa Fe85.4 mi away
1%2
10
Kirtland AFB32.6 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%36
The top trips

Where Pueblitos clocks in

43% of workers
34.9 mi awayAlbuquerque74 Pueblitos residents work here · Jobs & commute →
18%Belen
18% of workers
10.8 mi awayBelen31 Pueblitos residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
13.1 mi awayLos Lunas17 Pueblitos residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

72% of the jobs in Pueblitos pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in PueblitosJobs Pueblitos residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%10%
Trade, transport & utilities82%24%
Services: health, schools, offices10%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%39%
Over $3,333 a month72%46%

Who does it

29 or younger21%23%
30 to 5452%51%
55 and older27%27%
+2%

Jobs based in Pueblitos, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 67. 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 Pueblitos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Pueblitos: about 16 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
121 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pueblitos16 min
New Mexico24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Pueblitos gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Other

Share of the 238 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.

How far

Miles to work from Pueblitos

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlbuquerque: 43% · 34.9 miBelen: 18% · 10.8 miLos Lunas: 10% · 13.1 miSouth Valley: 2% · 28 miPeralta: 1% · 15.9 miTaos: 1% · 140 miRio Communities: 1% · 4.4 miSocorro: 1% · 39.2 miSanta Fe: 1% · 85.4 miKirtland AFB: 1% · 32.6 miAlbuquerque 43%Belen 18%Los Lunas 10%South Valley 2%Peralta 1%Pueblitos
PueblitosTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi39 residents
13%10–24 mi23 residents
51%25–50 mi88 residents
12%Over 50 mi21 residents

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

Next door is work for 18% of Pueblitos

Belen: 18% of workers work hereJarales: few work hereBelenJaralesPueblitos
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pueblitos16 min
Jarales25 min
Belen26 min
Belen18% of Pueblitos works hereJaralesunder 2% of Pueblitos

Jobs & commute next door

TownPueblitos workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pueblitos–——16 min$43,466
Belen18%DA−26 min$42,627
Jaralesunder 2%C−D25 min$55,676

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Belen. Darker towns draw more of Pueblitos’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 Pueblitos: questions

What is the median household income in Pueblitos?

$43,466 (±$41,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pueblitos?

40.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Pueblitos?

16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pueblitos work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (43%, 35 mi), Belen (18%, 11 mi), Los Lunas (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Pueblitos without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

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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.