With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Tecolotito works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Tecolotito itself; outside it, Las Vegas draws the most (30%, 26 miles). Tecolotito has 3 jobs for 66 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Tecolotito, and who commutes in
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Tecolotito on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
The places Tecolotito commutes to
Where Tecolotito clocks in
30% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Tecolotito
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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tecolotito’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tecolotito
of Tecolotito workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 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.
How far Tecolotito’s workers travel
About 55% 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 Tecolotito: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tecolotito?
58.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tecolotito work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (30%, 26 mi), Santa Fe (11%, 55 mi), Albuquerque (9%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tecolotito 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 Tecolotito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tecolotito
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.