Work & commute · Fruitland

Work & commute in Fruitland, NM

Most working residents leave Fruitland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (42%), Albuquerque (8%) and Shiprock (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 203 Fruitland residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitland.

203live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitland goes to work

Farmington11.9 mi away

42%87

Albuquerque149.6 mi away

8%17

Shiprock16.9 mi away

6%12

Kirtland1.9 mi away

3%6

Fruitland (in town)right here

3%6

Waterflow4.5 mi away

3%6

Aztec24 mi away

2%5

Hobbs406.3 mi away

2%4

Sanostee33.8 mi away

2%4

Durango, CO46.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%59

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

How far

How far Fruitland commutes

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

27%

46%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitland is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitland are

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

Jobs based in Fruitland

369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities94%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Fruitland residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−37%

Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 369. 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.