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Work & commute · Chimayo

Work & commute in Chimayo, NM

Most working residents leave Chimayo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (23%), Albuquerque (16%) and Santa Fe (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
12 of 449 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 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 437 Chimayo residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chimayo.

437live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
99work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chimayo goes to work

BernalilloTaosEspañolaFarmingtonAlbuquerqueRio RanchoSanta FeSanta CruzRio ChiquitoLa VillitaLa PueblaLa MesillaPojoaqueEl Valle de Arroyo SecoChimayoLos AlamosLos AlamosAlbuquerqueSanta FeEspañolaTaosPojoaqueBernalilloFarmingtonLa VillitaChimayo
1
Los Alamos20.6 mi away
23%103
2
Albuquerque73.3 mi away
16%73
3
Santa Fe23.4 mi away
11%50
4
Española6.9 mi away
10%44
5
Chimayo (in town)right here
3%12
6
Taos33.7 mi away
2%8
7
Pojoaque8 mi away
1%6
8
Bernalillo58.4 mi away
1%5
9
Farmington134.8 mi away
1%5
10
La Villita9.3 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%138

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

How far

How far Chimayo commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
37%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chimayo is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chimayo are

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

Jobs based in Chimayo

111 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Chimayo residents hold

449 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−1%

Jobs based in Chimayo, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 111. 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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