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Work & commute · El Rito

Work & commute in El Rito, NM

Most working residents leave El Rito for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (20%), Albuquerque (19%) and Santa Fe (9%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
2 of 98 working residents
Typical commute
46 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 El Rito residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Rito.

96live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
51work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Rito goes to work

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1
Los Alamos31 mi away
20%20
2
Albuquerque88.9 mi away
19%19
3
Santa Fe47.6 mi away
9%9
4
Española23.4 mi away
5%5
5
Chama44.7 mi away
3%3
6
Taos33.2 mi away
2%2
7
Rio Rancho78.1 mi away
2%2
8
Ojo Caliente7.7 mi away
2%2
9
El Rito (in town)right here
2%2
10
Pagosa Springs, CO79 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%33

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

How far

How far El Rito commutes

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

4%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
42%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Rito is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Rito are

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

Jobs based in El Rito

53 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)87%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs El Rito residents hold

98 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+1225%

Jobs based in El Rito, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 53. 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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