Work & commute · Laguna

Work & commute in Laguna, NM

Most working residents leave Laguna for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (10%), Mesita (10%) and Skyline-Ganipa (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

29 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 137 Laguna residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna.

137live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna goes to work

Laguna (in town)right here

17%29

Albuquerque42.9 mi away

10%17

Mesita5.6 mi away

10%17

Skyline-Ganipa12.2 mi away

10%16

Grants25.4 mi away

7%11

Farmington125.7 mi away

5%8

Acomita Lake12.1 mi away

4%6

Paraje3.8 mi away

2%4

Gallup82.3 mi away

2%3

Las Cruces191.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%52

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

How far

How far Laguna commutes

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

33%

19%

27%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna are

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

Jobs based in Laguna

321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Laguna residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month36%

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.