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Work & commute · La Tierra

Work & commute in La Tierra, NM

Most working residents leave La Tierra for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (43%), Los Alamos (22%) and Albuquerque (16%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 79 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
34%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 La Tierra residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Tierra.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Tierra goes to work

DenverEspañolaAlbuquerqueLas CrucesRio RanchoSanta FeHyde ParkLa TierraTres ArroyosLa CienegaTano RoadLos AlamosLas CampanasEldorado at Santa FeSanta FeLos AlamosAlbuquerqueRio RanchoLa CienegaEspañolaDenverLas CrucesTres ArroyosTano RoadLa Tierra
1
Santa Fe6.5 mi away
43%34
2
Los Alamos17.7 mi away
22%17
3
Albuquerque56.3 mi away
16%13
4
Rio Rancho49.3 mi away
4%3
5
La Cienega12.5 mi away
4%3
6
Española17.9 mi away
3%2
7
Denver, CO284.4 mi away
1%1
8
Las Cruces240.3 mi away
1%1
9
Tres Arroyos4.7 mi away
1%1
10
Tano Road2.8 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
4%3

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

How far

How far La Tierra commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Tierra is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Tierra are

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

Jobs based in La Tierra

6 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs La Tierra residents hold

79 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−90%

Jobs based in La Tierra, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 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.

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