Work & commute · Blanco

Work & commute in Blanco, NM

Most working residents leave Blanco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (31%), Albuquerque (12%) and Bloomfield (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Blanco residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanco.

160live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanco goes to work

Farmington22.7 mi away

31%51

Albuquerque130.6 mi away

12%20

Bloomfield11.3 mi away

11%18

Aztec11.7 mi away

7%11

Spencerville16.8 mi away

2%4

Durango, CO35.2 mi away

2%3

Chama66.2 mi away

2%3

Santa Fe125.4 mi away

2%3

Blanco (in town)right here

2%3

Bernalillo121 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%45

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

How far

How far Blanco commutes

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

11%

49%

35%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanco is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanco are

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

Jobs based in Blanco

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Blanco residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+68%

Jobs based in Blanco, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 69. 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.