Work & commute · Placitas

Work & commute in Placitas, NM

Most working residents leave Placitas for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (48%), Santa Fe (7%) and Rio Rancho (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,729 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,674 Placitas residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Placitas.

1,674live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Placitas goes to work

Albuquerque18.9 mi away

48%822

Santa Fe35 mi away

7%129

Rio Rancho14.7 mi away

6%99

Bernalillo6.3 mi away

5%83

Kirtland AFB20.1 mi away

5%79

Placitas (in town)right here

3%55

Los Alamos40.4 mi away

3%53

Santa Ana Pueblo4.6 mi away

2%28

North Valley14.4 mi away

1%22

South Valley25.6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%337

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

How far

How far Placitas commutes

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

16%

62%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Placitas is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Placitas are

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

Jobs based in Placitas

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Placitas residents hold

1,729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−31%

Jobs based in Placitas, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 201. 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.