Work & commute · Acomita Lake

Work & commute in Acomita Lake, NM

Most working residents leave Acomita Lake for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Skyline-Ganipa (39%), Grants (6%) and Albuquerque (6%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

11 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Acomita Lake residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acomita Lake.

59live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acomita Lake goes to work

Skyline-Ganipa2.3 mi away

39%27

Acomita Lake (in town)right here

16%11

Grants13.6 mi away

6%4

Albuquerque54.8 mi away

6%4

Mesita17.4 mi away

4%3

Farmington120.6 mi away

3%2

Roswell211.6 mi away

3%2

Scottsdale, AZ260.4 mi away

1%1

Chama138.4 mi away

1%1

Milan18 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%14

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

How far

How far Acomita Lake commutes

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

56%

13%

27%

56%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acomita Lake is a job hub

3.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Acomita Lake are

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

Jobs based in Acomita Lake

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Acomita Lake residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month29%

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.