Photo: Cathy from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in San Ysidro
2% of workers have no commute at all; New Mexico has 12%. Only 3% work in San Ysidro; the top destination outside it is Los Alamos (27%, 36 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
San Ysidro on a workday afternoon
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 59 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 (0.95 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 San Ysidro’s working residents head each day
Where San Ysidro clocks in
27% of workers
22% of workers
5% 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.
The 61 jobs based in San Ysidro
61 jobs are based in San Ysidro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Ysidro, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 61. 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 Ysidro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from San Ysidro: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Ysidro workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 2% 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.
How many miles San Ysidro commutes
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 Ysidro: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Ysidro?
38.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Ysidro?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Ysidro work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (27%, 36 mi), Albuquerque (22%, 32 mi), Jemez Springs (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around San Ysidro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Ysidro, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Ysidro
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.