Work & commute · Bluewater

Work & commute in Bluewater, NM

Most working residents leave Bluewater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (26%), Albuquerque (10%) and Crownpoint (9%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 58 Bluewater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluewater.

58live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluewater goes to work

Gallup33.1 mi away

26%15

Albuquerque89.2 mi away

10%6

Crownpoint28.5 mi away

9%5

Thoreau6.9 mi away

7%4

Milan19.6 mi away

5%3

Grants24 mi away

5%3

Cuba84.2 mi away

3%2

Farmington98.8 mi away

3%2

Continental Divide10.3 mi away

3%2

Bosque Farms91 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%15

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

How far

How far Bluewater commutes

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

11%

12%

40%

37%

11%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluewater is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluewater are

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

Jobs based in Bluewater

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bluewater residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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.