Work & commute · Black Rock

Work & commute in Black Rock, NM

About one in 3 of Black Rock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gallup (21%), Zuni Pueblo (19%) and Albuquerque (7%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

103 of 326 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 223 Black Rock residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Rock.

223live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Rock goes to work

Black Rock (in town)right here

32%103

Gallup30.1 mi away

21%68

Zuni Pueblo3.3 mi away

19%63

Albuquerque121.6 mi away

7%22

Crownpoint57.9 mi away

3%11

Grants54.8 mi away

2%5

Bernalillo127.7 mi away

1%4

Farmington120.6 mi away

1%4

Rio Rancho119.4 mi away

1%4

Skyline-Ganipa66.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%38

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

How far

How far Black Rock commutes

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

51%

23%

25%

51%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Rock is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Rock are

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

Jobs based in Black Rock

516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Black Rock residents hold

326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+20%

Jobs based in Black Rock, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 516. 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.