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Work & commute · Agua Fria

Work & commute in Agua Fria, NM

Most working residents leave Agua Fria for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (56%), Albuquerque (14%) and Los Alamos (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
19 of 1,206 working residents
Typical commute
5 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,187 Agua Fria residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Agua Fria.

1,187live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
298work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Agua Fria goes to work

PeraltaBernalilloLas VegasEspañolaAlbuquerqueLas CrucesRio RanchoSanta FeAgua FriaTesuqueTres ArroyosLa CienegaLos AlamosLas CampanasSouth ValleySanta FeAlbuquerqueLos AlamosRio RanchoEspañolaLa CienegaLas CrucesTesuqueLas CampanasAgua Fria
1
Santa Fe1.9 mi away
56%676
2
Albuquerque52.4 mi away
14%171
3
Los Alamos22.3 mi away
7%80
4
Rio Rancho46.5 mi away
2%21
5
Agua Fria (in town)right here
2%19
6
Española23.9 mi away
1%16
7
La Cienega7.9 mi away
1%10
8
Las Cruces234.7 mi away
1%9
9
Tesuque8 mi away
1%9
10
Las Campanas4.5 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
16%187

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

How far

How far Agua Fria commutes

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

65%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Agua Fria is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Agua Fria are

317 jobs are based in Agua Fria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Agua Fria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Agua Fria

317 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Agua Fria residents hold

1,206 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+5%

Jobs based in Agua Fria, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 317. 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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