Work & commute · Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Work & commute in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM

Most working residents leave Los Ranchos de Albuquerque for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (69%), Rio Rancho (5%) and North Valley (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 2,221 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,156 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 1,648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.

2,156live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

1,648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Los Ranchos de Albuquerque goes to work

Albuquerque4 mi away

69%1,539

Rio Rancho9 mi away

5%102

North Valley1.6 mi away

4%93

Kirtland AFB9.2 mi away

3%66

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (in town)right here

3%65

Santa Fe50.9 mi away

3%59

South Valley10.8 mi away

1%30

Bernalillo11.6 mi away

1%19

Los Alamos54.4 mi away

1%18

Las Cruces196.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%217

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

How far

How far Los Ranchos de Albuquerque commutes

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

85%

85%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque are

1,713 jobs are based in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

1,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Los Ranchos de Albuquerque residents hold

2,221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−11%

Jobs based in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2013 → 2023: 1,929 → 1,713. 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.