Work & commute · Dulce

Work & commute in Dulce, NM

74% of Dulce’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (4%), Farmington (2%) and Durango (1%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74%

514 of 695 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 181 Dulce residents head out of town to work, 514 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dulce.

181live here, work elsewhere

514live and work here

1,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dulce goes to work

Dulce (in town)right here

74%514

Albuquerque129.3 mi away

4%26

Farmington66.7 mi away

2%15

Durango, CO52.7 mi away

1%8

Santa Fe105.7 mi away

1%8

Gallup139.1 mi away

1%6

Pagosa Springs, CO21.4 mi away

1%4

Las Vegas136.2 mi away

1%4

Bloomfield55.7 mi away

0%3

Roswell284 mi away

0%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%104

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

How far

How far Dulce commutes

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

75%

24%

75%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dulce is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dulce are

1,564 jobs are based in Dulce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dulce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dulce

1,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Dulce residents hold

695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−2%

Jobs based in Dulce, 2013 → 2023: 1,591 → 1,564. 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.