Work & commute · La Cienega

Work & commute in La Cienega, NM

Most working residents leave La Cienega for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (52%), Albuquerque (17%) and Los Alamos (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,476 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,429 La Cienega residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Cienega.

1,429live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Cienega goes to work

Santa Fe9.3 mi away

52%763

Albuquerque44.5 mi away

17%245

Los Alamos23.9 mi away

7%100

La Cienega (in town)right here

3%47

Las Campanas9.9 mi away

2%25

Tres Arroyos8.1 mi away

1%14

Rio Rancho38.7 mi away

1%13

Española29.4 mi away

1%12

Agua Fria7.9 mi away

1%9

Las Cruces228.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%240

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

How far

How far La Cienega commutes

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

41%

31%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Cienega is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Cienega are

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

Jobs based in La Cienega

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs La Cienega residents hold

1,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+116%

Jobs based in La Cienega, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 495. 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.