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Work & commute in Glorieta · A commuter town

96% of Glorieta’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Glorieta for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (50%), Albuquerque (11%) and Española (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
4%
7 of 161 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
14 min
Less than NM (24 min)
Work from home
4%
Less than NM (12%)
Jobs based here
83
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Glorieta?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

50% of working residents work in Santa Fe

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Taos: 3 residents work here (2%)Las VegasEspañola: 5 residents work here (3%)GrantsAlbuquerque: 17 residents work here (11%)Las Cruces: 3 residents work here (2%)Santa Fe: 81 residents work here (50%)Madrid: 2 residents work here (1%)ValenciaLamyCañada de los AlamosLa CuevaGlorietaSanta Fe FoothillsCañoncito: 5 residents work here (3%)Los Alamos: 4 residents work here (2%)Eldorado at Santa Fe: 3 residents work here (2%)Santa FeAlbuquerqueEspañolaCañoncitoLos AlamosTaosGlorieta
1
Santa Fe13.4 mi away
50%81
2
Albuquerque59.8 mi away
11%17
3
Glorieta (in town)right here
4%7
4
Española33.7 mi away
3%5
5
Cañoncito5.4 mi away
3%5
6
Los Alamos36.5 mi away
2%4
7
Taos56.4 mi away
2%3
8
Las Cruces232.6 mi away
2%3
92%3
10
Madrid25.3 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%31
The top trips

Where Glorieta clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Mexico

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
109 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glorieta14 min
New Mexico24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Glorieta workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Glorieta quiets down on a workday

On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.

154live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
76work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night390
Workday310
390live here− 150head out to work+ 76come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Glorieta on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.52jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Glorieta commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSanta Fe: 50% · 13.4 miAlbuquerque: 11% · 59.8 miEspañola: 3% · 33.7 miCañoncito: 3% · 5.4 miLos Alamos: 2% · 36.5 miTaos: 2% · 56.4 miLas Cruces: 2% · 232.6 miEldorado at Santa Fe: 2% · 10.4 miMadrid: 1% · 25.3 miSanta Fe 50%Albuquerque 11%Española 3%Cañoncito 3%Los Alamos 2%Glorieta
GlorietaTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi18 residents
60%10–24 mi96 residents
8%25–50 mi13 residents
21%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in GlorietaJobs Glorieta residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%10%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month52%32%
Over $3,333 a month16%55%

Who does it

29 or younger47%22%
30 to 5446%46%
55 and older7%32%
+8200%

Jobs based in Glorieta, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 83. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Glorieta and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Glorieta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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