Work & commute · Aztec

Work & commute in Aztec, NM

Most working residents leave Aztec for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (36%), Durango (8%) and Spencerville (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

419 of 2,644 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,225 Aztec residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 1,902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aztec.

2,225live here, work elsewhere

419live and work here

1,902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aztec goes to work

Farmington12.4 mi away

36%955

Aztec (in town)right here

16%419

Durango, CO31.4 mi away

8%199

Spencerville5.2 mi away

5%137

Bloomfield5 mi away

5%119

Albuquerque139.5 mi away

4%114

Lee Acres9.2 mi away

3%77

Flora Vista6.7 mi away

1%31

Crouch Mesa7.9 mi away

1%28

Santa Fe136.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%540

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

How far

How far Aztec commutes

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

40%

35%

10%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aztec is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aztec are

2,321 jobs are based in Aztec. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aztec’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aztec

2,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Aztec residents hold

2,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−9%

Jobs based in Aztec, 2013 → 2023: 2,559 → 2,321. 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.