Quarai · Photo: en:User:Nationalparks · CC BY-SA 2.5With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Punta de Agua works elsewhere
Employers in Punta de Agua report 4 jobs; 15 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Punta de Agua itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (33%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Punta de Agua by day and by night
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Punta de Agua on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer 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 places Punta de Agua commutes to
Where Punta de Agua clocks in
33% of workers
27% of workers
13% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Punta de Agua
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Punta de Agua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Punta de Agua’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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 Punta de Agua: questions
What is the poverty rate in Punta de Agua?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Punta de Agua work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (33%, 40 mi), Mountainair (27%, 6 mi), Socorro (13%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Punta de Agua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Punta de Agua
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.