Work & commute · El Duende

Work & commute in El Duende, NM

Most working residents leave El Duende for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (19%), Española (14%) and Albuquerque (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 108 El Duende residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Duende.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Duende goes to work

Los Alamos15 mi away

19%21

Española5.6 mi away

14%15

Albuquerque72.6 mi away

12%13

Santa Fe29.3 mi away

10%11

Ohkay Owingeh4.9 mi away

5%5

Rio Rancho62.8 mi away

4%4

Las Cruces261.3 mi away

2%2

Alcalde4.2 mi away

2%2

Tucson, AZ383 mi away

1%1

Chandler, AZ377.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%34

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

How far

How far El Duende commutes

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

24%

27%

13%

36%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Duende is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Duende are

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

Jobs based in El Duende

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month71%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs El Duende residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−22%

Jobs based in El Duende, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 7. 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.