Work & commute · Ohkay Owingeh

Work & commute in Ohkay Owingeh, NM

Most working residents leave Ohkay Owingeh for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (15%), Española (15%) and Albuquerque (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

25 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 214 Ohkay Owingeh residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohkay Owingeh.

214live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohkay Owingeh goes to work

Los Alamos17.2 mi away

15%37

Española3.1 mi away

15%35

Albuquerque73.2 mi away

12%28

Ohkay Owingeh (in town)right here

10%25

Santa Fe26.7 mi away

8%18

Santa Clara Pueblo6 mi away

3%6

Pojoaque10.5 mi away

3%6

Farmington128.4 mi away

2%4

Rio Rancho64 mi away

2%4

Ojo Caliente18.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%72

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

How far

How far Ohkay Owingeh commutes

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

37%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohkay Owingeh is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohkay Owingeh are

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

Jobs based in Ohkay Owingeh

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ohkay Owingeh residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+78%

Jobs based in Ohkay Owingeh, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 324. 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.