Vanderwagen has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 9 people commute in to work
Hardly any stay in Vanderwagen for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (40%, 119 miles). Vanderwagen has 9 jobs; 5 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 100% of workers (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vanderwagen by day and by night
On a workday 5 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Vanderwagen live
Where Vanderwagen clocks in
40% of workers
20% of workers
20% 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.
Jobs in Vanderwagen: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vanderwagen, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 9. 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 Vanderwagen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vanderwagen
of Vanderwagen workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Vanderwagen’s commute, mile by mile
About 80% 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 Vanderwagen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vanderwagen?
44.3%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vanderwagen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (40%, 119 mi), Los Alamos (20%, 144 mi), Crownpoint (20%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vanderwagen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vanderwagen
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.