Work & commute · Mesita

Work & commute in Mesita, NM

Most working residents leave Mesita for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Laguna (21%), Albuquerque (13%) and Grants (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

10 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 87 Mesita residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesita.

87live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesita goes to work

Laguna5.6 mi away

21%20

Albuquerque38.5 mi away

13%13

Mesita (in town)right here

10%10

Grants30.9 mi away

7%7

Santa Fe87.8 mi away

5%5

Farmington130.1 mi away

4%4

Skyline-Ganipa17.1 mi away

4%4

Acomita Lake17.4 mi away

3%3

Paraje9 mi away

3%3

Los Lunas32.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%26

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

How far

How far Mesita commutes

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

35%

33%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesita is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesita are

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

Jobs based in Mesita

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mesita residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+171%

Jobs based in Mesita, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 230. 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.