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Work & commute in La Plata, NM

Most working residents leave La Plata for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (51%), Albuquerque (6%) and Durango (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
23 of 825 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 802 La Plata residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Plata.

802live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
146work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Plata goes to work

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1
Farmington9.9 mi away
51%421
2
Albuquerque151.2 mi away
6%49
3
Durango, CO31.1 mi away
4%36
4
Aztec13.9 mi away
4%33
5
Bloomfield16.4 mi away
3%25
6
La Plata (in town)right here
3%23
7
Shiprock28.3 mi away
2%20
8
Lee Acres15.3 mi away
2%16
9
Gallup100.2 mi away
1%12
10
Spencerville8.9 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%182

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

How far

How far La Plata commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Plata is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Plata are

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

Jobs based in La Plata

169 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs La Plata residents hold

825 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month52%
−60%

Jobs based in La Plata, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 169. 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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