Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Seama has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 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.
0.08 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.
17% of working residents work in Laguna
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Seama clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Seama makes things: 75% of its jobs are in goods
4 jobs are based in Seama. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seama’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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.
Half of Seama commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33% 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.
Seama and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Seama’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seama workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seama | – | — | — | — | — |
| Paraje | under 2% | D− | C− | — | $33,239 |
| Cubero | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| North Acomita Village | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cubero and North Acomita Village: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Seama: questions
What is the poverty rate in Seama?
71.5%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Seama work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laguna (17%, 8 mi), Albuquerque (12%, 51 mi), Skyline-Ganipa (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seama, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seama
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.