Work & commute · Ponderosa Pine

Work & commute in Ponderosa Pine, NM

Most working residents leave Ponderosa Pine for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (59%), Kirtland AFB (8%) and Los Lunas (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 392 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

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 391 Ponderosa Pine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponderosa Pine.

391live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponderosa Pine goes to work

Albuquerque19.7 mi away

59%230

Kirtland AFB13.6 mi away

8%33

Los Lunas28.2 mi away

2%9

Rio Rancho29.7 mi away

2%9

South Valley19.6 mi away

2%8

Estancia22.4 mi away

2%6

Edgewood13 mi away

2%6

Santa Fe51.8 mi away

1%5

Las Cruces184.5 mi away

1%4

North Valley21.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%78

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

How far

How far Ponderosa Pine commutes

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

79%

5%Under 10 mi

79%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponderosa Pine is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponderosa Pine are

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

Jobs based in Ponderosa Pine

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ponderosa Pine residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−31%

Jobs based in Ponderosa Pine, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 22. 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.