Work & commute · Isleta

Work & commute in Isleta, NM

About one in 5 of Isleta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (33%), Gallup (4%) and Santa Fe (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

40 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 148 Isleta residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Isleta.

148live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Isleta goes to work

Albuquerque14.2 mi away

33%62

Isleta (in town)right here

21%40

Gallup122.9 mi away

4%8

Santa Fe66.2 mi away

3%5

Los Lunas8.9 mi away

2%4

Peralta5.3 mi away

2%3

Grants66.4 mi away

2%3

Farmington152.4 mi away

2%3

Las Cruces178.2 mi away

2%3

Rio Rancho26.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%54

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

How far

How far Isleta commutes

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

37%

33%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Isleta is a job hub

3.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Isleta are

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

Jobs based in Isleta

580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Isleta residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+11500%

Jobs based in Isleta, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 580. 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.