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Work & commute · Crouch Mesa

Work & commute in Crouch Mesa, NM

Most working residents leave Crouch Mesa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (50%), Albuquerque (6%) and Aztec (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
57 of 2,204 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,147 Crouch Mesa residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crouch Mesa.

2,147live here, work elsewhere
57live and work here
763work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Crouch Mesa goes to work

DurangoAztecBloomfieldFarmingtonHobbsAlbuquerqueLas CrucesAngusturaSpencervilleWaterflowSouth RiverWest HammondLee AcresShiprockCrouch MesaFarmingtonAlbuquerqueAztecLee AcresBloomfieldDurangoSpencervilleWaterflowShiprockCrouch Mesa
1
Farmington5.3 mi away
50%1,111
2
Albuquerque139.2 mi away
6%122
3
Aztec7.9 mi away
4%99
4
Lee Acres3.3 mi away
4%98
5
Bloomfield6.2 mi away
3%65
6
Durango, CO37.5 mi away
3%63
7
Crouch Mesa (in town)right here
3%57
8
Spencerville5.8 mi away
2%44
9
Waterflow21.6 mi away
1%26
10
Shiprock33.8 mi away
1%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%495

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

How far

How far Crouch Mesa commutes

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

70%Under 10 mi
8%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Crouch Mesa is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crouch Mesa are

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

Jobs based in Crouch Mesa

820 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)61%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)6%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Crouch Mesa residents hold

2,204 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month48%
−36%

Jobs based in Crouch Mesa, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 820. 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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