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Work & commute · La Madera

Work & commute in La Madera, NM

Most working residents leave La Madera for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (43%), Santa Fe (7%) and Rio Rancho (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
8 of 274 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
45 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
24%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 266 La Madera residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Madera.

266live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
25work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Madera goes to work

BernalilloCorralesHobbsAlbuquerqueEdgewoodRio RanchoSanta FePueblo of Sandia VillageKirtland AFBMeadow LakeLa CienegaLos AlamosLa MaderaEldorado at Santa FePlacitasAlbuquerqueSanta FeRio RanchoKirtland AFBPlacitasBernalilloLos AlamosPueblo of Sandia VillageCorralesLa Madera
1
Albuquerque19.8 mi away
43%118
2
Santa Fe35.6 mi away
7%20
3
Rio Rancho20.9 mi away
5%14
4
Kirtland AFB18.2 mi away
5%14
5
Placitas8.6 mi away
5%14
6
Bernalillo13.5 mi away
4%11
7
Los Alamos45.6 mi away
3%9
8
Pueblo of Sandia Village13.4 mi away
3%8
9
La Madera (in town)right here
3%8
10
Corrales16.6 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%52

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

How far

How far La Madera commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
71%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Madera is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Madera are

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

Jobs based in La Madera

33 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs La Madera residents hold

274 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+18%

Jobs based in La Madera, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 33. 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.

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