Work & commute · Moriarty

Work & commute in Moriarty, NM

Most working residents leave Moriarty for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (36%), Estancia (6%) and Las Cruces (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

56 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 339 Moriarty residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moriarty.

339live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moriarty goes to work

Albuquerque34.8 mi away

36%141

Moriarty (in town)right here

14%56

Estancia16.5 mi away

6%23

Las Cruces189.9 mi away

4%16

Rio Rancho41.8 mi away

2%9

Edgewood13.3 mi away

2%6

North Valley34.7 mi away

2%6

South Valley36.1 mi away

2%6

McIntosh8.4 mi away

1%5

Gallup156.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%123

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

How far

How far Moriarty commutes

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

19%

12%

50%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moriarty is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moriarty are

1,177 jobs are based in Moriarty. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moriarty’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moriarty

1,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Moriarty residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+76%

Jobs based in Moriarty, 2013 → 2023: 669 → 1,177. 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.