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Work & commute in Lee Acres, NM

Most working residents leave Lee Acres for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (48%), Bloomfield (6%) and Albuquerque (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
99 of 1,669 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,570 Lee Acres residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lee Acres.

1,570live here, work elsewhere
99live and work here
1,625work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lee Acres goes to work

DurangoAztecBloomfieldFarmingtonAlbuquerqueFlora VistaSpencervilleWaterflowSouth RiverWest HammondCenter PointLee AcresShiprockCrouch MesaFarmingtonBloomfieldAlbuquerqueAztecCrouch MesaDurangoSpencervilleWaterflowShiprockLee Acres
1
Farmington7.4 mi away
48%803
2
Bloomfield5.6 mi away
6%107
3
Lee Acres (in town)right here
6%99
4
Albuquerque136 mi away
6%94
5
Aztec9.2 mi away
3%55
6
Crouch Mesa3.3 mi away
2%39
7
Durango, CO40 mi away
2%26
8
Spencerville8.7 mi away
1%21
9
Waterflow23.2 mi away
1%21
10
Shiprock35.5 mi away
1%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%383

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

How far

How far Lee Acres commutes

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

67%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lee Acres is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lee Acres are

1,724 jobs are based in Lee Acres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lee Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lee Acres

1,724 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)73%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Lee Acres residents hold

1,669 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+114%

Jobs based in Lee Acres, 2013 → 2023: 807 → 1,724. 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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