Work & commute · Meadow Lake

Work & commute in Meadow Lake, NM

Most working residents leave Meadow Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (46%), Los Lunas (12%) and Belen (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,545 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,539 Meadow Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow Lake.

1,539live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow Lake goes to work

Albuquerque21.3 mi away

46%715

Los Lunas12.6 mi away

12%192

Belen13.7 mi away

5%74

South Valley15.5 mi away

5%72

Rio Rancho34.1 mi away

3%53

Santa Fe68 mi away

3%48

North Valley25.8 mi away

3%45

Bosque Farms8.1 mi away

2%28

Bernalillo35.2 mi away

1%13

Los Chaves11.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%292

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

How far

How far Meadow Lake commutes

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

12%

63%

13%

12%

12%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow Lake is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow Lake are

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

Jobs based in Meadow Lake

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month74%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Meadow Lake residents hold

1,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+229%

Jobs based in Meadow Lake, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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.