Photo: John Collier · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Vadito works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all; New Mexico has 12%. Employers in Vadito report 7 jobs, against 73 working residents. Hardly any stay in Vadito for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (18%, 93 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Vadito by day
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Vadito on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Vadito commutes to
Where Vadito clocks in
18% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
In Vadito, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vadito, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 7. 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 Vadito’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Vadito, about 42 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vadito workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Vadito commutes
About 46% 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 Vadito compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vadito workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vadito | – | — | — | 42 min | $62,083 |
| Picuris Pueblo | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Picuris Pueblo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vadito’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 Vadito: questions
What is the median household income in Vadito?
$62,083 (±$15,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vadito?
8.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vadito?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vadito work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (18%, 93 mi), Taos (14%, 14 mi), Los Alamos (10%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vadito without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vadito, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vadito
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.