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Work & commute · El Rancho

Work & commute in El Rancho, NM

Most working residents leave El Rancho for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (28%), Santa Fe (24%) and Albuquerque (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 568 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 568 El Rancho residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Rancho.

568live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Rancho goes to work

PecosCapitanBosque FarmsLos Ranchos de AlbuquerqueTaosLas VegasEspañolaAlbuquerqueSanta FeJaconitaBlack RockEl RanchoCuyamungue GrantOhkay OwingehSan Ildefonso PuebloPojoaqueTesuqueLos AlamosLos AlamosSanta FeAlbuquerqueEspañolaPojoaqueCuyamungue GrantTesuqueOhkay OwingehTaosLas VegasEl Rancho
1
Los Alamos11.4 mi away
28%157
2
Santa Fe17 mi away
24%136
3
Albuquerque62.9 mi away
11%62
4
Española7.7 mi away
7%38
5
Pojoaque4.2 mi away
2%13
6
Cuyamungue Grant6 mi away
2%11
7
Tesuque13.6 mi away
2%11
8
Ohkay Owingeh10.7 mi away
1%6
9
Taos44.3 mi away
1%5
10
Las Vegas52.6 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%124

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

How far

How far El Rancho commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
60%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Rancho 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 Rancho are

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

Jobs based in El Rancho

16 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month63%
Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs El Rancho residents hold

568 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+60%

Jobs based in El Rancho, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 16. 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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