Work & commute · Peralta

Work & commute in Peralta, NM

Most working residents leave Peralta for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (49%), Los Lunas (10%) and Kirtland AFB (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,403 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,332 Peralta residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peralta.

1,332live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peralta goes to work

Albuquerque19.2 mi away

49%694

Los Lunas6.3 mi away

10%144

Kirtland AFB16.7 mi away

6%78

Peralta (in town)right here

5%71

Bosque Farms1.9 mi away

3%41

South Valley12.5 mi away

3%37

Santa Fe70 mi away

2%33

Rio Rancho31.6 mi away

2%31

Belen8.2 mi away

2%25

North Valley24.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%228

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

How far

How far Peralta commutes

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

23%

59%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peralta is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peralta are

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

Jobs based in Peralta

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Peralta residents hold

1,403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+35%

Jobs based in Peralta, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 355. 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.