Work & commute · Bloomfield

Work & commute in Bloomfield, NM

Most working residents leave Bloomfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (37%), Aztec (6%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

464 of 2,901 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,437 Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 464 work right here, and 1,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomfield.

2,437live here, work elsewhere

464live and work here

1,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomfield goes to work

Farmington11.5 mi away

37%1,079

Bloomfield (in town)right here

16%464

Aztec5 mi away

6%183

Albuquerque135.3 mi away

5%155

Lee Acres5.6 mi away

4%129

Durango, CO36.5 mi away

3%80

Spencerville7.8 mi away

1%43

Crouch Mesa6.2 mi away

1%38

Dulce55.7 mi away

1%33

Santa Fe133.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%666

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

How far

How far Bloomfield commutes

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

41%

36%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomfield are

2,212 jobs are based in Bloomfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloomfield

2,212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bloomfield residents hold

2,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−48%

Jobs based in Bloomfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,219 → 2,212. 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.