Work & commute · North Valley

Work & commute in North Valley, NM

Most working residents leave North Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (66%), Rio Rancho (4%) and Kirtland AFB (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

261 of 4,423 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,162 North Valley residents head out of town to work, 261 work right here, and 8,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Valley.

4,162live here, work elsewhere

261live and work here

8,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Valley goes to work

Albuquerque5 mi away

66%2,926

North Valley (in town)right here

6%261

Rio Rancho8.8 mi away

4%194

Kirtland AFB9.4 mi away

4%166

Santa Fe49.4 mi away

3%122

South Valley11.9 mi away

2%68

Los Alamos53.2 mi away

1%46

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque1.6 mi away

1%45

Bernalillo10.3 mi away

1%43

Los Lunas27.5 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%518

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

How far

How far North Valley commutes

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

80%

80%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Valley is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Valley are

9,174 jobs are based in North Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Valley

9,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs North Valley residents hold

4,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+26%

Jobs based in North Valley, 2013 → 2023: 7,281 → 9,174. 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.