Work & commute · Las Vegas

Work & commute in Las Vegas, NM

46% of Las Vegas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (15%), Santa Fe (9%) and Española (1%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

2,304 of 4,957 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,653 Las Vegas residents head out of town to work, 2,304 work right here, and 2,724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Las Vegas.

2,653live here, work elsewhere

2,304live and work here

2,724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Las Vegas goes to work

Las Vegas (in town)right here

46%2,304

Albuquerque87.7 mi away

15%748

Santa Fe43.1 mi away

9%434

Española55.2 mi away

1%72

Taos57.7 mi away

1%64

Los Alamos63.4 mi away

1%52

Rio Rancho86.3 mi away

1%45

North Valley84.6 mi away

1%45

Farmington183.3 mi away

1%39

Los Lunas104.8 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,117

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

How far

How far Las Vegas commutes

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

52%

12%

33%

52%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Las Vegas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Las Vegas are

5,028 jobs are based in Las Vegas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Las Vegas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Las Vegas

5,028 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Las Vegas residents hold

4,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−7%

Jobs based in Las Vegas, 2013 → 2023: 5,383 → 5,028. 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.