Work & commute · Candy Kitchen

Work & commute in Candy Kitchen, NM

Most working residents leave Candy Kitchen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (22%), Albuquerque (22%) and Farmington (6%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 49 Candy Kitchen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candy Kitchen.

49live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candy Kitchen goes to work

Gallup44 mi away

22%11

Albuquerque105.5 mi away

22%11

Farmington128.7 mi away

6%3

Belen96.2 mi away

4%2

St. Michaels, AZ62 mi away

4%2

El Morro Valley12.6 mi away

4%2

St. Johns, AZ57.4 mi away

2%1

Durango, CO166.4 mi away

2%1

Estancia140 mi away

2%1

Grants41.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%15

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

How far

How far Candy Kitchen commutes

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

30%

56%

6%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candy Kitchen is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Candy Kitchen are

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

Jobs based in Candy Kitchen

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month78%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Candy Kitchen residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+350%

Jobs based in Candy Kitchen, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 9. 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.