Work & commute · Golden Acres

Work & commute in Golden Acres, NM

Most working residents leave Golden Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grants (37%), Milan (21%) and Estancia (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 19 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19 Golden Acres residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Acres.

19live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Acres goes to work

Grants6.3 mi away

37%7

Milan1.8 mi away

21%4

Estancia111.1 mi away

5%1

Gallup51 mi away

5%1

Alamogordo195.9 mi away

5%1

Albuquerque72.2 mi away

5%1

Kennewick, WA959.2 mi away

5%1

North Valley73.2 mi away

5%1

Holloman AFB193.9 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%1

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

How far

How far Golden Acres commutes

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

58%

42%

58%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Acres is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Acres are

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

Jobs based in Golden Acres

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Golden Acres residents hold

19 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.