Work & commute · Church Rock

Work & commute in Church Rock, NM

Most working residents leave Church Rock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (46%), Albuquerque (10%) and Farmington (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 173 Church Rock residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Church Rock.

173live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Church Rock goes to work

Gallup10.3 mi away

46%82

Albuquerque113.2 mi away

10%17

Farmington84.7 mi away

8%14

Crownpoint26.1 mi away

6%10

Church Rock (in town)right here

3%5

Rio Rancho107.3 mi away

2%3

Santa Fe145.7 mi away

2%3

Iyanbito6 mi away

2%3

Thoreau23.3 mi away

2%3

Bernalillo115 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%36

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

How far

How far Church Rock commutes

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

41%

19%

32%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Church Rock is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Church Rock are

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

Jobs based in Church Rock

361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Church Rock residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

+8925%

Jobs based in Church Rock, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 361. 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.