St. John's College-Santa Fe, New Mexico · Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Soham
24 jobs are based in Soham for 36 working residents. Hardly any work in Soham itself; outside it, Las Vegas draws the most (19%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Soham on a workday afternoon
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Soham on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 people from Soham work
Where Soham clocks in
19% of workers
17% of workers
14% 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.
Soham works in goods: 50% of its jobs
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Soham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Soham
About 47% 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 Soham: questions
What is the poverty rate in Soham?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Soham work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (19%, 20 mi), Santa Fe (17%, 32 mi), Albuquerque (14%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Soham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Soham
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.