Work & commute · Costilla

Work & commute in Costilla, NM

Most working residents leave Costilla for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red River (22%), Taos (22%) and Questa (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

64%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Costilla residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Costilla.

45live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Costilla goes to work

Red River19.7 mi away

22%10

Taos40.9 mi away

22%10

Questa18.7 mi away

9%4

Albuquerque143.6 mi away

4%2

San Luis, CO16.7 mi away

2%1

Alamosa, CO39.1 mi away

2%1

Taos Ski Valley27.4 mi away

2%1

Raton60.8 mi away

2%1

Española73.6 mi away

2%1

Angel Fire44.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%13

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Costilla commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

40%

22%

0%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Costilla is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Costilla are

12 jobs are based in Costilla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Costilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Costilla

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Costilla residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+140%

Jobs based in Costilla, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.