Work & commute · Cedar Crest

Work & commute in Cedar Crest, NM

Most working residents leave Cedar Crest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (62%), Kirtland AFB (12%) and Rio Rancho (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 331 Cedar Crest residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Crest.

331live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Crest goes to work

Albuquerque15.1 mi away

62%208

Kirtland AFB11.2 mi away

12%40

Rio Rancho21.5 mi away

4%12

Santa Fe44 mi away

2%8

North Valley14.3 mi away

2%6

Cedar Crest (in town)right here

1%5

Socorro79.1 mi away

1%4

San Antonito3.5 mi away

1%4

Los Alamos54.1 mi away

1%4

South Valley18.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%41

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

How far

How far Cedar Crest commutes

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

20%

69%

20%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Crest is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Crest are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Crest

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cedar Crest residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Cedar Crest, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 300. 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.