Work & commute · Hernandez

Work & commute in Hernandez, NM

Most working residents leave Hernandez for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (26%), Albuquerque (16%) and Española (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 143 Hernandez residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hernandez.

143live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hernandez goes to work

Los Alamos14.8 mi away

26%38

Albuquerque72.2 mi away

16%23

Española4.5 mi away

10%15

Santa Fe28.3 mi away

9%13

Farmington124.4 mi away

3%5

Ojo Caliente18.4 mi away

3%4

Ohkay Owingeh4.1 mi away

2%3

Las Vegas59.3 mi away

1%2

Alamogordo219.4 mi away

1%2

Phoenix, AZ379.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%38

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

How far

How far Hernandez commutes

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

18%

32%

14%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hernandez is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hernandez are

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

Jobs based in Hernandez

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hernandez residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−60%

Jobs based in Hernandez, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 28. 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.