Work & commute · Peña Blanca

Work & commute in Peña Blanca, NM

Most working residents leave Peña Blanca for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (35%), Santa Fe (21%) and Bernalillo (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 286 Peña Blanca residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peña Blanca.

286live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peña Blanca goes to work

Albuquerque36.8 mi away

35%100

Santa Fe20.6 mi away

21%59

Bernalillo21.8 mi away

4%11

Rio Rancho28.6 mi away

3%10

Los Alamos22.4 mi away

3%9

Los Lunas59.2 mi away

1%4

Española33.3 mi away

1%3

Jemez Pueblo22.6 mi away

1%3

Las Vegas62.7 mi away

1%2

Clovis194 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%84

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

How far

How far Peña Blanca commutes

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

37%

47%

12%

4%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peña Blanca is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peña Blanca are

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

Jobs based in Peña Blanca

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Peña Blanca residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+152%

Jobs based in Peña Blanca, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 53. 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.