Work & commute · El Valle de Arroyo Seco

Work & commute in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM

Most working residents leave El Valle de Arroyo Seco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (24%), Española (17%) and Santa Fe (15%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 475 El Valle de Arroyo Seco residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Valle de Arroyo Seco.

475live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Valle de Arroyo Seco goes to work

Los Alamos15.3 mi away

24%114

Española4.3 mi away

17%82

Santa Fe20.2 mi away

15%72

Albuquerque68.2 mi away

11%55

Rio Rancho59.6 mi away

2%11

Chimayo5.5 mi away

2%8

Taos39 mi away

1%6

Farmington132.1 mi away

1%6

Sombrillo2 mi away

1%6

El Valle de Arroyo Seco (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%115

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

How far

How far El Valle de Arroyo Seco commutes

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

29%

42%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Valle de Arroyo Seco is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Valle de Arroyo Seco are

66 jobs are based in El Valle de Arroyo Seco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Valle de Arroyo Seco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Valle de Arroyo Seco

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs El Valle de Arroyo Seco residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−47%

Jobs based in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 66. 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.