Work & commute · Nambe

Work & commute in Nambe, NM

Most working residents leave Nambe for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (26%), Santa Fe (22%) and Albuquerque (14%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 740 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 690 Nambe residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nambe.

690live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nambe goes to work

Los Alamos18.1 mi away

26%196

Santa Fe16.4 mi away

22%163

Albuquerque66.9 mi away

14%106

Nambe (in town)right here

7%50

Española9.3 mi away

6%42

Pojoaque2.5 mi away

2%17

Cuyamungue Grant3.9 mi away

1%10

Las Cruces251.2 mi away

1%9

Rio Rancho59.1 mi away

1%9

Gallup158.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%132

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

How far

How far Nambe commutes

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

20%

53%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nambe is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nambe are

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

Jobs based in Nambe

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Nambe residents hold

740 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Nambe, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 107. 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.