Work & commute · Edgewood

Work & commute in Edgewood, NM

Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (34%), Santa Fe (9%) and Kirtland AFB (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

164 of 1,687 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,523 Edgewood residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 1,051 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewood.

1,523live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

1,051work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewood goes to work

Albuquerque24.2 mi away

34%575

Edgewood (in town)right here

10%164

Santa Fe39 mi away

9%149

Kirtland AFB20.1 mi away

8%140

Moriarty13.3 mi away

8%131

Los Alamos52.8 mi away

2%40

Rio Rancho29 mi away

2%39

Bernalillo22.6 mi away

2%35

Estancia27.4 mi away

2%31

North Valley22.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%359

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

How far

How far Edgewood commutes

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

17%

43%

29%

11%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewood is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewood are

1,215 jobs are based in Edgewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgewood

1,215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Edgewood residents hold

1,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+74%

Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 700 → 1,215. 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.