Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, NM

60% of Farmington’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (5%), Lee Acres (3%) and Aztec (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

12,377 of 20,679 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 8,302 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 12,377 work right here, and 14,538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

8,302live here, work elsewhere

12,377live and work here

14,538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmington goes to work

Farmington (in town)right here

60%12,377

Albuquerque142.6 mi away

5%964

Lee Acres7.4 mi away

3%639

Aztec12.4 mi away

3%546

Shiprock28.5 mi away

2%485

Bloomfield11.5 mi away

2%423

Durango, CO39.1 mi away

2%392

Waterflow16.3 mi away

1%280

Gallup91.3 mi away

1%225

Santa Fe143.9 mi away

1%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%4,158

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

71%

15%

71%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmington are

26,915 jobs are based in Farmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmington

26,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

20,679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−13%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 30,870 → 26,915. 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.