Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Rio en Medio has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1 jobs are based in Rio en Medio, and 49 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rio en Medio for work; outside it, Santa Fe is the main destination (39%, 12 miles). For 24% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Rio en Medio for work, and who comes in
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Rio en Medio on a workday afternoon, 70% 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.
Where people from Rio en Medio work
Where Rio en Medio clocks in
39% of workers
16% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Rio en Medio
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 Rio en Medio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rio en Medio
of Rio en Medio workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 24% 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 Rio en Medio, by distance
About 18% 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.
Around Rio en Medio: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rio en Medio workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio en Medio | – | — | — | — | $200,250 |
| Chupadero | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chupadero: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rio en Medio’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Rio en Medio: questions
What is the median household income in Rio en Medio?
$200,250 (±$95,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio en Medio?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rio en Medio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (39%, 12 mi), Los Alamos (16%, 22 mi), Las Vegas (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rio en Medio 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 Rio en Medio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio en Medio
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.