Work & commute · Kirtland

Work & commute in Kirtland, NM

Most working residents leave Kirtland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (41%), Albuquerque (7%) and Shiprock (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 234 Kirtland residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirtland.

234live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirtland goes to work

Farmington10.4 mi away

41%98

Albuquerque149.4 mi away

7%18

Shiprock18.2 mi away

4%10

Bloomfield21.8 mi away

3%8

Kirtland (in town)right here

3%7

Lee Acres17.3 mi away

2%6

Waterflow6 mi away

2%5

Durango, CO44.3 mi away

2%4

Gallup88.6 mi away

1%3

Hobbs405.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%79

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

How far

How far Kirtland commutes

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

61%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirtland is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirtland are

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

Jobs based in Kirtland

410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Kirtland residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+152%

Jobs based in Kirtland, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 410. 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.