Work & commute · Conchas Dam

Work & commute in Conchas Dam, NM

Most working residents leave Conchas Dam for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (18%), Albuquerque (16%) and Santa Fe (12%). Half commute less than 94 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

94 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 Conchas Dam residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conchas Dam.

62live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conchas Dam goes to work

Las Vegas60 mi away

18%12

Albuquerque139.4 mi away

16%11

Santa Fe102.7 mi away

12%8

Raton106.7 mi away

7%5

Conchas Dam (in town)right here

7%5

Santa Rosa39.6 mi away

4%3

Mosquero32 mi away

3%2

Pagosa Springs, CO204.5 mi away

1%1

Roy40.8 mi away

1%1

Bernalillo133 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%18

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

How far

How far Conchas Dam commutes

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

10%

82%

7%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

82%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conchas Dam is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conchas Dam are

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

Jobs based in Conchas Dam

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Conchas Dam residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−75%

Jobs based in Conchas Dam, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 16. 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.