Work & commute · Ponderosa

Work & commute in Ponderosa, NM

Most working residents leave Ponderosa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (31%), Los Alamos (17%) and Santa Fe (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 Ponderosa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponderosa.

155live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponderosa goes to work

Albuquerque38.1 mi away

31%48

Los Alamos26.2 mi away

17%27

Santa Fe37.8 mi away

7%11

Bernalillo24.4 mi away

6%10

Rio Rancho25.7 mi away

4%6

Zia Pueblo9.4 mi away

4%6

San Ysidro9.4 mi away

3%4

Jemez Springs8.4 mi away

2%3

Gallup117.8 mi away

2%3

Jemez Pueblo5.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%35

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

How far

How far Ponderosa commutes

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

17%

66%

8%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

66%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponderosa is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponderosa are

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

Jobs based in Ponderosa

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Ponderosa residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+167%

Jobs based in Ponderosa, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 8. 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.