Work & commute · Kirtland AFB

Work & commute in Kirtland AFB, NM

Most working residents leave Kirtland AFB for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (50%), Santa Fe (6%) and Rio Rancho (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

67 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 449 Kirtland AFB residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 17,749 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirtland AFB.

449live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

17,749work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirtland AFB goes to work

Albuquerque6.2 mi away

50%257

Kirtland AFB (in town)right here

13%67

Santa Fe53.5 mi away

6%29

Rio Rancho18.2 mi away

3%13

Los Alamos60.4 mi away

2%8

Farmington148.7 mi away

1%7

Española71.6 mi away

1%5

Deming204.2 mi away

1%4

Carlsbad226.3 mi away

1%4

Las Cruces188.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%118

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

How far

How far Kirtland AFB commutes

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

63%

25%

63%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirtland AFB is a job hub

34.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirtland AFB are

17,816 jobs are based in Kirtland AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kirtland AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kirtland AFB

17,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs Kirtland AFB residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+58%

Jobs based in Kirtland AFB, 2013 → 2023: 11,290 → 17,816. 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.