Photo: Alix King · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Wagon Mound
Only 2% work in Wagon Mound; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (19%, 125 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home; New Mexico has 12%. Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Wagon Mound by day
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
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 Wagon Mound’s working residents head each day
Where Wagon Mound clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Inside Wagon Mound’s 73 jobs
73 jobs are based in Wagon Mound.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wagon Mound, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 73. 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 Wagon Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Wagon Mound takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wagon Mound workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Wagon Mound
About 59% 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 Wagon Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Wagon Mound?
$43,672 (±$4,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wagon Mound?
14.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wagon Mound?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wagon Mound work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (19%, 125 mi), Santa Fe (10%, 75 mi), Angel Fire (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wagon Mound without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wagon Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wagon Mound
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.