Work & commute · Mora

Work & commute in Mora, NM

Most working residents leave Mora for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (11%), Las Vegas (9%) and Santa Fe (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

25 of 144 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

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Mora residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mora.

119live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mora goes to work

Mora (in town)right here

17%25

Albuquerque94.8 mi away

11%16

Las Vegas25.6 mi away

9%13

Santa Fe42 mi away

7%10

Los Alamos53.9 mi away

6%9

Wagon Mound34.9 mi away

3%5

Taos32.4 mi away

2%3

Arroyo Hondo43.7 mi away

1%2

Antonito, CO85.6 mi away

1%1

Monte Vista, CO120.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%59

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

How far

How far Mora commutes

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

25%

13%

30%

33%

25%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mora is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mora are

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

Jobs based in Mora

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mora residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1144%

Jobs based in Mora, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 199. 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.