Work & commute · Mount Taylor

Work & commute in Mount Taylor, NM

Most working residents leave Mount Taylor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grants (36%), Gallup (11%) and Milan (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 142 Mount Taylor residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Taylor.

142live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Taylor goes to work

Grants2.5 mi away

36%51

Gallup59.3 mi away

11%16

Milan6.9 mi away

9%13

Albuquerque65.6 mi away

8%11

Santa Fe109.3 mi away

3%5

Skyline-Ganipa12.4 mi away

2%3

Bluewater Village14.2 mi away

2%3

Roswell222.9 mi away

1%2

Golden Acres8.7 mi away

1%2

Fence Lake58.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%35

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

How far

How far Mount Taylor commutes

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

50%

41%

50%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Taylor is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Taylor are

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

Jobs based in Mount Taylor

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Mount Taylor residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+488%

Jobs based in Mount Taylor, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 47. 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.