Jobs, income and commuting in Windmill, NM
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Windmill quiets down on a workday
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43 people are in Windmill on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Lordsburg
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Windmill clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Working from home in Windmill
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Windmill workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Windmill commutes less than 60 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 60% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Windmill workers work outside New Mexico. The job records count 34% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Windmill: questions
What is the median household income in Windmill?
$79,000 (±$40,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windmill?
5.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Windmill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lordsburg (20%, 26 mi), Hatch (13%, 98 mi), Cibecue (13%, 178 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Windmill 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 Windmill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windmill
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.