Work & commute · Continental Divide

Work & commute in Continental Divide, NM

Most working residents leave Continental Divide for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (25%), Black Rock (9%) and Albuquerque (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

36 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 55 Continental Divide residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Continental Divide.

55live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Continental Divide goes to work

Gallup24 mi away

25%14

Black Rock35.8 mi away

9%5

Albuquerque97.6 mi away

7%4

St. Michaels, AZ45.9 mi away

7%4

Thoreau7.3 mi away

5%3

Ramah23.3 mi away

4%2

Crownpoint23.2 mi away

4%2

Pasadena, CA563.1 mi away

2%1

Aurora, CO355.6 mi away

2%1

Hatch201.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%19

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

How far

How far Continental Divide commutes

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

25%

39%

32%

4%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Continental Divide is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Continental Divide are

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

Jobs based in Continental Divide

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month69%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Continental Divide residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+181%

Jobs based in Continental Divide, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 45. 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.