Kromer House · Photo: Roland Penttila · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Pueblo
Pueblo has 18 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 41% of workers, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole. Hardly any work in Pueblo itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (39%, 70 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Pueblo by day
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Pueblo on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where Pueblo’s working residents head each day
Where Pueblo clocks in
39% of workers
33% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Pueblo
of Pueblo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 41% 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.
The commute from Pueblo, by distance
About 61% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pueblo: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pueblo?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pueblo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (39%, 70 mi), Santa Fe (33%, 38 mi), Monte Vista (6%, 160 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pueblo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 51% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pueblo, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.