Most of Truchas commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
13 jobs are based in Truchas, and 77 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Truchas itself; outside it, Los Alamos draws the most (23%, 28 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; New Mexico has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Truchas
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Truchas on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 towns that employ Truchas’ residents
Where Truchas clocks in
23% of workers
19% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Truchas
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 Truchas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Truchas
of Truchas workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 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 Truchas goes to work
About 45% 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.
How Truchas compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Truchas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truchas | – | — | — | — | — |
| Cordova | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cordova: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Truchas’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 Truchas: questions
What is the poverty rate in Truchas?
8.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Truchas work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Alamos (23%, 28 mi), Albuquerque (19%, 80 mi), Santa Fe (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Truchas 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 Truchas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Truchas
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.