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Work & commute · Chama

Work & commute in Chama, NM

Most working residents leave Chama for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (9%), Los Alamos (7%) and Dulce (7%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
23 of 140 working residents
Typical commute
50 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
8 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Chama residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chama.

117live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
440work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chama goes to work

Pagosa SpringsChamaEspañolaFarmingtonAlbuquerqueRio RanchoSanta FeAbiquiuEnsenadaTierra AmarillaCanjilonLa MesillaNorth ValleyLos AlamosDulceAlbuquerqueLos AlamosDulceSanta FeEspañolaFarmingtonAbiquiuNorth ValleyPagosa SpringsChama
1
Chama (in town)right here
16%23
2
Albuquerque123.4 mi away
9%13
3
Los Alamos70.7 mi away
7%10
4
Dulce23.4 mi away
7%10
5
Santa Fe91.2 mi away
6%8
6
Española67.6 mi away
2%3
7
Farmington88.8 mi away
1%2
8
Abiquiu49.7 mi away
1%2
9
North Valley118.6 mi away
1%2
10
Pagosa Springs, CO34.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%66

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

How far

How far Chama commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
51%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chama is a job hub

3.31jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chama are

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

Jobs based in Chama

463 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Chama residents hold

140 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+97%

Jobs based in Chama, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 463. 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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