More than half of San Pablo’s working residents commute to Las Cruces
Hardly any work in San Pablo itself; outside it, Las Cruces draws the most (58%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26. 74 jobs are based in San Pablo for 292 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in San Pablo
More than half of San Pablo works in Las Cruces
170 working residents, 58%, have their main job in Las Cruces, 5.5 miles away. That’s 58 times as many as work in San Pablo itself. The commute map ↓
Most San Pablo residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
San Pablo is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in San Pablo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday San Pablo has about 480 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where San Pablo’s working residents head each day
Where San Pablo clocks in
58% of workers
8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from San Pablo
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.
Who works in San Pablo, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in San Pablo on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
A place that makes things: 69% of San Pablo’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Pablo, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 74. 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 San Pablo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in San Pablo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Pablo workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 12% 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.
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 Pablo: questions
What is the median household income in San Pablo?
$68,047 (±$35,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Pablo?
6.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Pablo?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Pablo work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around San Pablo 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 Pablo, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Pablo
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.