Making a living in Sheep Springs
The trip to work takes 43 minutes on average, where New Mexico has 24 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Sheep Springs; the top destination outside it is Farmington (19%, 50 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Sheep Springs
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 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.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Sheep Springs goes to work
Where Sheep Springs clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
11% 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.
Time on the road from Sheep Springs: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheep Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 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.
The distance from Sheep Springs to work
About 38% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Sheep Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Sheep Springs?
$30,625 (±$15,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheep Springs?
36.1%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheep Springs?
43 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheep Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (19%, 50 mi), Albuquerque (15%, 136 mi), Crownpoint (11%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sheep Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheep Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheep Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.