Work & commute · Questa

Work & commute in Questa, NM

Most working residents leave Questa for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Red River (20%), Taos (14%) and Albuquerque (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

75 of 434 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 Questa residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Questa.

359live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Questa goes to work

Red River10 mi away

20%85

Questa (in town)right here

17%75

Taos22.5 mi away

14%59

Albuquerque125.6 mi away

9%40

Santa Fe75.6 mi away

4%18

Los Alamos68.4 mi away

3%15

Taos Ski Valley12.3 mi away

3%14

Ojo Caliente36.7 mi away

2%9

Española55.5 mi away

1%5

Angel Fire29.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%109

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

How far

How far Questa commutes

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

28%

35%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Questa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Questa are

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

Jobs based in Questa

356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Questa residents hold

434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−37%

Jobs based in Questa, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 356. 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.