Work & commute · La Cueva

Work & commute in La Cueva, NM

Most working residents leave La Cueva for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (52%), Albuquerque (13%) and Glorieta (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 202 La Cueva residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Cueva.

202live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Cueva goes to work

Santa Fe15.1 mi away

52%105

Albuquerque60.9 mi away

13%27

Glorieta1.7 mi away

6%12

Los Alamos38.1 mi away

3%6

Española35 mi away

2%4

Las Cruces232.6 mi away

1%3

Cañada de los Alamos7.1 mi away

1%3

North Valley57.3 mi away

1%3

Santa Fe Foothills9.9 mi away

1%3

Cañoncito6.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%33

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

How far

How far La Cueva commutes

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

11%

57%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Cueva is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Cueva are

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

Jobs based in La Cueva

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs La Cueva residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−33%

Jobs based in La Cueva, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 6. 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.