Work & commute · Algodones

Work & commute in Algodones, NM

Most working residents leave Algodones for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (36%), Santa Fe (8%) and Bernalillo (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 Algodones residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Algodones.

359live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Algodones goes to work

Albuquerque20.4 mi away

36%137

Santa Fe34.9 mi away

8%31

Bernalillo5.5 mi away

6%24

Rio Rancho13.2 mi away

6%21

Algodones (in town)right here

5%17

San Felipe Pueblo6.3 mi away

3%12

Kirtland AFB22.7 mi away

3%10

Los Alamos37.8 mi away

3%10

Los Lunas42.9 mi away

2%9

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque16.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%98

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

How far

How far Algodones commutes

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

23%

51%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Algodones is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Algodones are

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

Jobs based in Algodones

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Algodones residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+867%

Jobs based in Algodones, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 232. 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.