Work & commute · Ramah

Work & commute in Ramah, NM

Most working residents leave Ramah for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (26%), Albuquerque (8%) and Black Rock (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 120 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Ramah residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ramah.

119live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ramah goes to work

Gallup29.9 mi away

26%31

Albuquerque105.1 mi away

8%10

Black Rock16.8 mi away

8%10

Crownpoint46.4 mi away

8%9

Bluewater21.9 mi away

4%5

Grants38.1 mi away

3%4

St. Michaels, AZ49.7 mi away

3%4

Milan35 mi away

2%2

Farmington113.9 mi away

2%2

Santa Fe146.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%41

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

How far

How far Ramah commutes

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

19%

44%

35%

3%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ramah is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ramah are

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

Jobs based in Ramah

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Ramah residents hold

120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−72%

Jobs based in Ramah, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 79. 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.