San Lorenzo Historic District · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo has 44 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers; New Mexico has 12%. Hardly any work in San Lorenzo; the top destination outside it is Silver City (25%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of San Lorenzo, and who commutes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in San Lorenzo on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 San Lorenzo goes to work
Where San Lorenzo clocks in
25% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in San Lorenzo
of San Lorenzo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from San Lorenzo
About 39% 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.
San Lorenzo and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | San Lorenzo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo | – | — | — | — | $71,167 |
| Casas Adobes | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Mimbres | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Casas Adobes and Mimbres: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of San Lorenzo’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of San Lorenzo workers work outside New Mexico. The job records count 18% 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 San Lorenzo: questions
What is the median household income in San Lorenzo?
$71,167 (±$29,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Lorenzo?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in San Lorenzo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (25%, 20 mi), Las Cruces (7%, 74 mi), El Paso (7%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around San Lorenzo 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 Lorenzo, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Lorenzo
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.