Work & commute · San Jon

Work & commute in San Jon, NM

Most working residents leave San Jon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tucumcari (19%), Logan (14%) and Albuquerque (9%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 68 San Jon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Jon.

68live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Jon goes to work

Tucumcari21.3 mi away

19%13

Logan18.3 mi away

14%10

Albuquerque187.1 mi away

9%6

Clovis47.2 mi away

7%5

San Jon (in town)right here

3%2

Roswell138.1 mi away

3%2

Santa Fe153.8 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ510.4 mi away

1%1

Trinidad, CO156.3 mi away

1%1

Lake Arthur157.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%27

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

How far

How far San Jon commutes

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

45%

43%

4%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Jon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Jon are

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

Jobs based in San Jon

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs San Jon residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−25%

Jobs based in San Jon, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 82. 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.