Work & commute · Magdalena

Work & commute in Magdalena, NM

Most working residents leave Magdalena for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (19%), Socorro (15%) and Lemitar (8%). Half commute less than 68 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

31 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

68 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

49%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Magdalena residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magdalena.

177live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magdalena goes to work

Albuquerque76.4 mi away

19%39

Socorro19 mi away

15%32

Magdalena (in town)right here

15%31

Lemitar18.5 mi away

8%16

El Paso, TX163 mi away

5%11

Gallup129.5 mi away

2%5

Las Cruces125.8 mi away

2%5

Los Lunas54 mi away

2%4

Belen51.4 mi away

2%4

Rio Rancho86.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%57

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

How far

How far Magdalena commutes

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

16%

25%

53%

16%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magdalena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Magdalena are

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

Jobs based in Magdalena

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Magdalena residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+48%

Jobs based in Magdalena, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 236. 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.