Work & commute · Eagle Nest

Work & commute in Eagle Nest, NM

Most working residents leave Eagle Nest for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Angel Fire (30%), Cimarron (11%) and Springer (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 74 Eagle Nest residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Nest.

74live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Nest goes to work

Angel Fire11.7 mi away

30%22

Cimarron19.6 mi away

11%8

Springer38.8 mi away

8%6

Taos20.9 mi away

7%5

Raton51.1 mi away

7%5

Albuquerque126.3 mi away

4%3

Maxwell39.9 mi away

3%2

Los Alamos73 mi away

3%2

Trinidad, CO60.7 mi away

1%1

Denver, CO223.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%19

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

How far

How far Eagle Nest commutes

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

54%

15%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Nest is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Nest are

41 jobs are based in Eagle Nest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagle Nest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagle Nest

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Eagle Nest residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−74%

Jobs based in Eagle Nest, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 41. 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.