County profile · New Mexico
Working from home in Otero County, NM
6.7% of workers in Otero County usually work from home, about 1,896 of 28,415 people. That is 5.5 points below the New Mexico average of 12.2%. It ranks 20 of 33 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the New Mexico remote work page.
Work from home
6.7%
Rank in NM
20 of 33
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,896
Mean commute
22.1 min
Otero County compared with New Mexico and the US
| Metric | Otero County | New Mexico | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.7% | 12.2% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.2% | 73.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.2% | 0.6% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.1 min | 23.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 4.7% | 10.0% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 9.4% | 14.6% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 28,415 | 916,223 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone78.2%
Worked from home6.7%
Public transit0.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- McKinley County8.9%
- Mora County8.6%
- Torrance County8.6%
- Sierra County8.2%
- Eddy County6.5%
- Quay County6.4%
- San Juan County6.3%
- Luna County6.2%
Largest counties in New Mexico
- Bernalillo County14.9%
- Doña Ana County9.5%
- Santa Fe County18.4%
- Sandoval County16.8%
- San Juan County6.3%
- Lea County3.7%
- Valencia County11.1%
- Eddy County6.5%