Work & commute · El Cerro Mission

Work & commute in El Cerro Mission, NM

Most working residents leave El Cerro Mission for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (49%), Los Lunas (14%) and South Valley (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,781 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 1,761 El Cerro Mission residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Cerro Mission.

1,761live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Cerro Mission goes to work

Albuquerque23.2 mi away

49%880

Los Lunas8.7 mi away

14%254

South Valley16.7 mi away

4%63

Belen9.3 mi away

3%54

Santa Fe72.2 mi away

2%41

Rio Rancho35.8 mi away

2%40

North Valley28 mi away

2%37

Bosque Farms6.6 mi away

2%30

El Cerro Mission (in town)right here

1%20

Kirtland AFB19.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%343

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

How far

How far El Cerro Mission commutes

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

24%

44%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Cerro Mission is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Cerro Mission are

50 jobs are based in El Cerro Mission. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Cerro Mission’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Cerro Mission

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs El Cerro Mission residents hold

1,781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+52%

Jobs based in El Cerro Mission, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 50. 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.