Photo: Russell Lee · Public domainMost of Quemado commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
17 jobs are based in Quemado, against 49 working residents. Hardly any stay in Quemado for work; outside it, Gallup is the main destination (12%, 82 miles). 58% of workers have no commute at all, 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
In and out of Quemado on a workday
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Quemado on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 towns that employ Quemado’s residents
Where Quemado clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Quemado
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quemado, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 17. 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 Quemado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Quemado
of Quemado workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 58% 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 it is to work from Quemado
About 65% 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 Quemado: questions
What is the poverty rate in Quemado?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Quemado work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallup (12%, 82 mi), Las Cruces (6%, 171 mi), Pie Town (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quemado 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 Quemado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quemado
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.