Work & commute · Estancia

Work & commute in Estancia, NM

Most working residents leave Estancia for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (31%), Moriarty (7%) and Las Cruces (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

39 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 317 Estancia residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estancia.

317live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estancia goes to work

Albuquerque41.9 mi away

31%110

Estancia (in town)right here

11%39

Moriarty16.5 mi away

7%25

Las Cruces174 mi away

5%17

Rio Rancho52 mi away

4%15

McIntosh8.2 mi away

3%9

El Paso, TX202.9 mi away

2%8

Deming199.2 mi away

2%6

Los Lunas43.1 mi away

2%6

Kirtland AFB35.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%115

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

How far

How far Estancia commutes

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

17%

11%

44%

28%

17%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estancia is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Estancia are

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

Jobs based in Estancia

619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Estancia residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+10%

Jobs based in Estancia, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 619. 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.