Most of White Signal commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in White Signal itself; outside it, Silver City draws the most (24%, 15 miles). Employers in White Signal report 32 jobs, against 62 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 81% of workers, against 12% across New Mexico.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of White Signal on a workday
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in White Signal on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 towns that employ White Signal’s residents
Where White Signal clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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 White Signal, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Signal, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 32. 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 White Signal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in White Signal
of White Signal workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 81% 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.
Where in the region White Signal works
About 33% 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 White Signal: questions
What is the median household income in White Signal?
$96,625 (±$64,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Signal?
7.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Signal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver City (24%, 15 mi), Bayard (6%, 18 mi), Las Cruces (6%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Signal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Signal, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Signal
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.