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Work & commute in Navajo, NM

Most working residents leave Navajo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (19%), Albuquerque (16%) and St. Michaels (9%). Half commute less than 58 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 179 working residents
Typical commute
58 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Navajo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Navajo.

177live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Navajo goes to work

SocorroGallupFarmingtonAlbuquerqueLas CrucesSt. MichaelsFort DefianceBlack RockNavajoTohatchiTse BonitoZuni PuebloGallupAlbuquerqueSt. MichaelsFort DefianceFarmingtonLas CrucesBlack RockTohatchiSocorroTse BonitoNavajo
1
Gallup31.4 mi away
19%34
2
Albuquerque145 mi away
16%29
3
St. Michaels, AZ17.1 mi away
9%16
4
Fort Defiance, AZ10.9 mi away
6%11
5
Farmington75.5 mi away
5%9
6
Las Cruces278.4 mi away
3%6
7
Black Rock58.3 mi away
2%4
8
Tohatchi16.2 mi away
2%4
9
Socorro175.4 mi away
2%3
10
Tse Bonito17.7 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%60

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

How far

How far Navajo commutes

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

1%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
53%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Navajo is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Navajo are

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

Jobs based in Navajo

13 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Navajo residents hold

179 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+333%

Jobs based in Navajo, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 13. 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.

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