Photo: MARELBU · CC BY 3.0Where Rio Lucio earns its living
Only 5% work in Rio Lucio; the top destination outside it is Los Alamos (18%, 38 miles). Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. Employers in Rio Lucio report 87 jobs for 85 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Rio Lucio
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 83 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
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 Lucio work
Where Rio Lucio clocks in
18% of workers
15% 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.
Most jobs in Rio Lucio are in services
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 Lucio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rio Lucio: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Lucio workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 17% 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 distance from Rio Lucio to work
About 32% 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.
Work in the towns next to Rio Lucio
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rio Lucio workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Lucio | – | — | — | 44 min | $45,000 |
| Picuris Pueblo | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Picuris Pueblo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rio Lucio’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 Lucio: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Lucio?
$45,000 (±$11,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Lucio?
6.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Lucio?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Lucio work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (18%, 38 mi), Albuquerque (15%, 91 mi), Santa Fe (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rio Lucio without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Lucio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Lucio
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.