Work & commute · Peñasco

Work & commute in Peñasco, NM

Most working residents leave Peñasco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (17%), Los Alamos (17%) and Taos (16%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 123 Peñasco residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peñasco.

123live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peñasco goes to work

Albuquerque91.1 mi away

17%21

Los Alamos38.5 mi away

17%21

Taos16.2 mi away

16%20

Santa Fe38.7 mi away

7%9

Rio Lucio2.2 mi away

5%6

Rio Rancho83.3 mi away

2%3

Española24.1 mi away

2%2

San Luis, CO72.8 mi away

1%1

Pagosa Springs, CO104.8 mi away

1%1

Taos Ski Valley32.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%39

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

How far

How far Peñasco commutes

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

18%

21%

32%

29%

18%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peñasco is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peñasco are

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

Jobs based in Peñasco

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Peñasco residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−79%

Jobs based in Peñasco, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 19. 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.