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Work & commute · La Mesilla

Work & commute in La Mesilla, NM

Most working residents leave La Mesilla for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (31%), Santa Fe (13%) and Albuquerque (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 597 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 593 La Mesilla residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Mesilla.

593live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
30work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Mesilla goes to work

SurpriseChamaRio CommunitiesEspañolaLos LunasBelenAlbuquerqueEdgewoodRio RanchoSanta FePasturaSanta Clara PuebloOhkay OwingehLa MesillaPojoaqueChimayoLos AlamosLos AlamosSanta FeAlbuquerqueEspañolaSanta Clara PuebloChamaOhkay OwingehChimayoLos LunasPojoaqueLa Mesilla
1
Los Alamos13.1 mi away
31%183
2
Santa Fe19.9 mi away
13%80
3
Albuquerque66.5 mi away
12%72
4
Española4.3 mi away
9%52
5
Santa Clara Pueblo2.9 mi away
5%29
6
Chama71.6 mi away
2%14
7
Ohkay Owingeh7.2 mi away
2%10
8
Chimayo7.7 mi away
1%8
9
Los Lunas88.9 mi away
1%7
10
Pojoaque4.4 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%137

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

How far

How far La Mesilla commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Mesilla is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Mesilla are

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

Jobs based in La Mesilla

34 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs La Mesilla residents hold

597 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−84%

Jobs based in La Mesilla, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 34. 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.

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