Sena has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Sena; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (36%, 72 miles). Employers in Sena report 5 jobs, against 22 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sena, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Sena on a workday afternoon, 11% 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.
Out of Sena to work: where people go
Where Sena clocks in
36% of workers
32% of workers
9% 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.
Sena makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sena, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 5. 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 Sena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sena
of Sena workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sena
About 59% 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 Sena: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sena?
38.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sena work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (36%, 72 mi), Santa Fe (32%, 41 mi), Los Alamos (9%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 75% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sena
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.