Work & commute · Mountainair

Work & commute in Mountainair, NM

About one in 5 of Mountainair’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (22%), Estancia (6%) and El Paso (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

45 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 161 Mountainair residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountainair.

161live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountainair goes to work

Albuquerque46.5 mi away

22%46

Mountainair (in town)right here

22%45

Estancia20.5 mi away

6%13

El Paso, TX185 mi away

5%11

Socorro49.9 mi away

4%9

Las Cruces154.9 mi away

2%5

Los Lunas36.9 mi away

2%4

Corona41.1 mi away

1%3

Santa Fe80.2 mi away

1%3

South Valley42 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%64

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

How far

How far Mountainair commutes

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

24%

10%

35%

32%

24%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountainair is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountainair are

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

Jobs based in Mountainair

297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Mountainair residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+136%

Jobs based in Mountainair, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 297. 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.