Work & commute · Arroyo Seco

Work & commute in Arroyo Seco, NM

Most working residents leave Arroyo Seco for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (28%), Taos Ski Valley (19%) and Albuquerque (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 356 Arroyo Seco residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arroyo Seco.

356live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arroyo Seco goes to work

Taos9.3 mi away

28%106

Taos Ski Valley9.5 mi away

19%70

Albuquerque114.5 mi away

9%33

Arroyo Seco (in town)right here

4%16

Santa Fe63.4 mi away

4%15

Red River16 mi away

1%4

Arroyo Hondo4.6 mi away

1%4

Questa13.2 mi away

1%3

Las Vegas66.6 mi away

1%3

Rio Rancho105.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%115

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

How far

How far Arroyo Seco commutes

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

57%

11%

30%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arroyo Seco is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arroyo Seco are

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

Jobs based in Arroyo Seco

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Arroyo Seco residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+88%

Jobs based in Arroyo Seco, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 154. 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.