Seton Village · Photo: Robert Lyon · Public domainSanta Fe draws about half of Sunlit Hills’ working residents
20% of workers work from home, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole. Hardly any work in Sunlit Hills itself; outside it, Santa Fe draws the most (45%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sunlit Hills apart
Home offices are common in Sunlit Hills
21% of Sunlit Hills workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Sunlit Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across New Mexico. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Mexico worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Sunlit Hills goes to work
Where Sunlit Hills clocks in
45% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Sunlit Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunlit Hills workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 21% 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.
In and out of Sunlit Hills on a workday
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Sunlit Hills on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sunlit Hills
79 jobs are based in Sunlit Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunlit Hills, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 79. 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 Sunlit Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sunlit Hills’ commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Next door to Sunlit Hills
The biggest share goes to Conejo (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunlit Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunlit Hills | – | — | — | 19 min | $126,250 |
| Arroyo Hondo | 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Conejo | 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Seton Village | 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Santa Fe Foothills | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arroyo Hondo, Conejo, Seton Village and Santa Fe Foothills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunlit Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Sunlit Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Sunlit Hills?
$126,250 (±$105,369) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunlit Hills?
12.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunlit Hills?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunlit Hills work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Sunlit Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunlit Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunlit Hills
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.