Most of Rancho Grande commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. Employers in Rancho Grande report 4 jobs, against 17 working residents. Hardly any work in Rancho Grande itself; outside it, Las Cruces draws the most (24%, 152 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Rancho Grande, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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 Rancho Grande’s working residents head each day
Where Rancho Grande clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Rancho Grande
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rancho Grande, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 4. 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 Rancho Grande’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rancho Grande
of Rancho Grande workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rancho Grande
About 44% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Rancho Grande workers work outside New Mexico. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rancho Grande: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rancho Grande?
16.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rancho Grande work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Cruces (24%, 152 mi), Reserve (12%, 6 mi), Pleasanton (12%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rancho Grande 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 Rancho Grande, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rancho Grande
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.