Work & commute · Ojo Caliente

Work & commute in Ojo Caliente, NM

Most working residents leave Ojo Caliente for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (35%), Red River (12%) and Deming (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

—%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15 Ojo Caliente residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ojo Caliente.

15live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ojo Caliente goes to work

Taos25.9 mi away

35%6

Red River43.9 mi away

12%2

Ojo Caliente (in town)right here

12%2

Deming296.5 mi away

6%1

Los Lunas112.8 mi away

6%1

Albuquerque90.3 mi away

6%1

Rio Rancho80.2 mi away

6%1

Santa Fe45.2 mi away

6%1

Taos Pueblo28.4 mi away

6%1

Crownpoint125 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Ojo Caliente commutes

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

12%

59%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

59%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ojo Caliente is a job hub

11.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

11.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ojo Caliente are

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

Jobs based in Ojo Caliente

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Ojo Caliente residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−17%

Jobs based in Ojo Caliente, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 188. 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.