A job hub: Weed has 5.1 jobs per working resident, and 112 people come in to work
There are 113 jobs in Weed for 22 working residents. Only 5% work in Weed itself; outside it, El Paso draws the most (32%, 84 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Weed, and who commutes in
On a workday 21 residents head out to work and 1 work right 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 the people who work in Weed live
Where Weed clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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 health care, schools and offices in Weed
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weed, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 113. 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 Weed’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Weed
About 77% 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.
Work in the towns next to Weed
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weed workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weed | – | — | — | — | — |
| Sacramento | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sacramento: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weed’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 Weed: questions
Where do people who live in Weed work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso (32%, 84 mi), Alamogordo (9%, 26 mi), Ruidoso (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weed, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weed
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.