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Work & commute · El Cerro

Work & commute in El Cerro, NM

Most working residents leave El Cerro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (48%), Los Lunas (13%) and Kirtland AFB (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
24 of 1,175 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 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 1,151 El Cerro residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Cerro.

1,151live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
151work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Cerro goes to work

Rio CommunitiesLos LunasBelenAlbuquerqueRio RanchoSanta FeValenciaEl CerroTomeKirtland AFBEl Cerro MissionNorth ValleyLos ChavesSouth ValleyAlbuquerqueLos LunasKirtland AFBBelenSanta FeSouth ValleyRio RanchoNorth ValleyTomeEl Cerro
1
Albuquerque22.6 mi away
48%565
2
Los Lunas5.7 mi away
13%155
3
Kirtland AFB20 mi away
5%62
4
Belen6.5 mi away
4%43
5
Santa Fe73 mi away
3%36
6
South Valley15.8 mi away
3%34
7
El Cerro (in town)right here
2%24
8
Rio Rancho34.9 mi away
2%22
9
North Valley27.5 mi away
2%18
10
Tome3.3 mi away
1%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%200

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

How far

How far El Cerro commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Cerro is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Cerro are

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

Jobs based in El Cerro

175 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)41%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs El Cerro residents hold

1,175 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−63%

Jobs based in El Cerro, 2013 → 2023: 474 → 175. 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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