Work & commute · Carnuel

Work & commute in Carnuel, NM

Most working residents leave Carnuel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (66%), Kirtland AFB (10%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 402 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 400 Carnuel residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carnuel.

400live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carnuel goes to work

Albuquerque11.1 mi away

66%264

Kirtland AFB5.9 mi away

10%42

Santa Fe49.4 mi away

4%15

Cedar Crest5.7 mi away

2%9

North Valley12.1 mi away

2%7

South Valley13.2 mi away

2%7

Rio Rancho20.6 mi away

1%6

Edgewood14.2 mi away

1%5

Moriarty23.7 mi away

1%3

Española68.7 mi away

0%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%42

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

How far

How far Carnuel commutes

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

53%

37%

53%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carnuel is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carnuel are

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

Jobs based in Carnuel

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Carnuel residents hold

402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−43%

Jobs based in Carnuel, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 49. 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.