Work & commute · Pojoaque

Work & commute in Pojoaque, NM

Most working residents leave Pojoaque for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (26%), Los Alamos (21%) and Albuquerque (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 894 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 833 Pojoaque residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pojoaque.

833live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pojoaque goes to work

Santa Fe16.3 mi away

26%236

Los Alamos15.6 mi away

21%189

Albuquerque65.4 mi away

12%107

Pojoaque (in town)right here

7%61

Española8.2 mi away

5%48

Rio Rancho57.3 mi away

2%17

Las Cruces250.6 mi away

1%10

Cuyamungue Grant3.5 mi away

1%9

Tesuque11.4 mi away

1%6

Ohkay Owingeh10.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%206

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

How far

How far Pojoaque commutes

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

25%

52%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pojoaque is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pojoaque are

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

Jobs based in Pojoaque

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pojoaque residents hold

894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−81%

Jobs based in Pojoaque, 2013 → 2023: 2,011 → 373. 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.