Photo: It'sOnlyMakeBelieve · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of San Cristobal commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in San Cristobal itself; outside it, Red River draws the most (22%, 14 miles). There are 10 jobs in San Cristobal for 58 working residents. For 18% of workers, the job is at home; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves San Cristobal for work, and who comes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in San Cristobal 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 towns that employ San Cristobal’s residents
Where San Cristobal clocks in
22% of workers
19% of workers
10% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
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 San Cristobal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in San Cristobal
of San Cristobal workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 18% 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 San Cristobal, by distance
About 37% 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 San Cristobal: questions
What is the median household income in San Cristobal?
$78,472 (±$73,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Cristobal?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in San Cristobal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red River (22%, 14 mi), Questa (19%, 7 mi), Taos (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around San Cristobal 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 San Cristobal, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Cristobal
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.