Work & commute · Bernalillo

Work & commute in Bernalillo, NM

Most working residents leave Bernalillo for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (47%), Rio Rancho (10%) and Santa Fe (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

459 of 3,705 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,246 Bernalillo residents head out of town to work, 459 work right here, and 3,912 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bernalillo.

3,246live here, work elsewhere

459live and work here

3,912work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bernalillo goes to work

Albuquerque15.3 mi away

47%1,732

Bernalillo (in town)right here

12%459

Rio Rancho8.4 mi away

10%385

Santa Fe40.3 mi away

6%240

North Valley10.3 mi away

2%92

Kirtland AFB18.3 mi away

2%64

Los Alamos42.8 mi away

2%62

South Valley22.2 mi away

1%45

Los Lunas37.8 mi away

1%35

Las Cruces206.7 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%557

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

How far

How far Bernalillo commutes

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

33%

48%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bernalillo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bernalillo are

4,371 jobs are based in Bernalillo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bernalillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bernalillo

4,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bernalillo residents hold

3,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+58%

Jobs based in Bernalillo, 2013 → 2023: 2,758 → 4,371. 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.