Work & commute · Paradise Hills

Work & commute in Paradise Hills, NM

Most working residents leave Paradise Hills for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (67%), Rio Rancho (8%) and Kirtland AFB (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,802 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,791 Paradise Hills residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paradise Hills.

1,791live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paradise Hills goes to work

Albuquerque7.2 mi away

67%1,212

Rio Rancho6 mi away

8%147

Kirtland AFB13.1 mi away

3%55

Santa Fe51.7 mi away

3%51

North Valley4.8 mi away

2%41

South Valley13.1 mi away

1%25

Los Alamos53.4 mi away

1%23

Las Cruces198.5 mi away

1%13

Los Lunas27.9 mi away

1%11

Paradise Hills (in town)right here

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%213

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

How far

How far Paradise Hills commutes

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

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paradise Hills is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paradise Hills are

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

Jobs based in Paradise Hills

541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Paradise Hills residents hold

1,802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Paradise Hills, 2013 → 2023: 540 → 541. 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.