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
3%
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

DurangoAztecBloomfieldFarmingtonAlbuquerqueSanta FeAngusturaFlora VistaSpencervilleSullivanWest HammondCenter PointLee AcresDulceCrouch MesaFarmingtonAztecAlbuquerqueLee AcresDurangoSpencervilleCrouch MesaDulceSanta FeBloomfield
1
Farmington11.5 mi away
37%1,079
2
Bloomfield (in town)right here
16%464
3
Aztec5 mi away
6%183
4
Albuquerque135.3 mi away
5%155
5
Lee Acres5.6 mi away
4%129
6
Durango, CO36.5 mi away
3%80
7
Spencerville7.8 mi away
1%43
8
Crouch Mesa6.2 mi away
1%38
9
Dulce55.7 mi away
1%33
10
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%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.

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