Work & commute · Alcalde

Work & commute in Alcalde, NM

Most working residents leave Alcalde for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (25%), Española (20%) and Los Alamos (16%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 61 Alcalde residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alcalde.

61live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alcalde goes to work

Albuquerque75.4 mi away

25%15

Española5.7 mi away

20%12

Los Alamos18.5 mi away

16%10

Santa Fe29.6 mi away

13%8

Belen100.5 mi away

3%2

Farmington126.7 mi away

3%2

Ohkay Owingeh2.9 mi away

3%2

Durango, CO129.5 mi away

2%1

Chama62.8 mi away

2%1

Santa Clara Pueblo8.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%7

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

How far

How far Alcalde commutes

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

26%

18%

15%

41%

26%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alcalde is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alcalde are

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

Jobs based in Alcalde

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Alcalde residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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.