Work & commute · North Light Plant

Work & commute in North Light Plant, NM

Most working residents leave North Light Plant for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (37%), Aztec (8%) and Lee Acres (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 256 North Light Plant residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Light Plant.

256live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Light Plant goes to work

Farmington11.3 mi away

37%94

Aztec4.9 mi away

8%20

Lee Acres11.3 mi away

8%20

Durango, CO28.8 mi away

5%13

Albuquerque144.3 mi away

5%12

Bloomfield9.2 mi away

4%11

Gallup101.5 mi away

3%8

Flora Vista5.4 mi away

3%7

Spencerville3 mi away

3%7

Center Point4.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%60

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

How far

How far North Light Plant commutes

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

26%

47%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Light Plant is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Light Plant are

8 jobs are based in North Light Plant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Light Plant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Light Plant

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs North Light Plant residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−11%

Jobs based in North Light Plant, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 8. 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.