Work & commute · Gallup

Work & commute in Gallup, NM

63% of Gallup’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Michaels (5%), Albuquerque (5%) and Crownpoint (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63%

6,773 of 10,765 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,992 Gallup residents head out of town to work, 6,773 work right here, and 6,851 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gallup.

3,992live here, work elsewhere

6,773live and work here

6,851work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gallup goes to work

Gallup (in town)right here

63%6,773

St. Michaels, AZ22.2 mi away

5%551

Albuquerque121.6 mi away

5%501

Crownpoint36.4 mi away

2%208

Fort Defiance, AZ24.3 mi away

2%204

Church Rock10.3 mi away

2%189

Farmington91.3 mi away

1%139

Grants57.1 mi away

1%83

Tohatchi22.8 mi away

1%69

Santa Fe155.5 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%1,983

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

How far

How far Gallup commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gallup is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gallup are

13,624 jobs are based in Gallup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gallup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gallup

13,624 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Gallup residents hold

10,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Gallup, 2013 → 2023: 14,373 → 13,624. 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.