Work & commute · El Morro Valley

Work & commute in El Morro Valley, NM

Most working residents leave El Morro Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (38%), Albuquerque (17%) and Roswell (8%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

41 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 23 El Morro Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Morro Valley.

23live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Morro Valley goes to work

Gallup40.2 mi away

38%9

Albuquerque95.7 mi away

17%4

Roswell246.1 mi away

8%2

Grants29.7 mi away

4%1

Black Rock26.2 mi away

4%1

Catalpa Canyon38.3 mi away

4%1

El Morro Valley (in town)right here

4%1

Dulce152.1 mi away

4%1

Ramah11.4 mi away

4%1

Crownpoint49.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%2

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

How far

How far El Morro Valley commutes

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

57%

35%

4%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

57%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Morro Valley is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Morro Valley are

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

Jobs based in El Morro Valley

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs El Morro Valley residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month33%

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.