Veguita has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Veguita report 11 jobs, against 45 working residents. Hardly any work in Veguita; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (29%, 41 miles). Below the poverty line: 100.0% of residents, next to 17.8% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Veguita for work, and who comes in
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Veguita on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Veguita work
Where Veguita clocks in
29% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Veguita, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 11. 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 Veguita’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Veguita
About 20% 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 Veguita: questions
What is the median household income in Veguita?
$11,354 (±$1,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Veguita?
100.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Veguita work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (29%, 41 mi), Belen (18%, 18 mi), Socorro (11%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Veguita, from the people who make the trip.
More of Veguita
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.