Work & commute · Ranchos de Taos

Work & commute in Ranchos de Taos, NM

Most working residents leave Ranchos de Taos for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (47%), Albuquerque (10%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 791 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 769 Ranchos de Taos residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ranchos de Taos.

769live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ranchos de Taos goes to work

Taos2.1 mi away

47%373

Albuquerque104.8 mi away

10%82

Santa Fe52.8 mi away

4%32

Taos Ski Valley18.2 mi away

3%27

Ranchos de Taos (in town)right here

3%22

Los Alamos50.2 mi away

2%19

Taos Pueblo7.5 mi away

1%11

Española36 mi away

1%10

Roswell215.2 mi away

1%6

Angel Fire19.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%204

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

How far

How far Ranchos de Taos commutes

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

60%

28%

60%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ranchos de Taos is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ranchos de Taos are

186 jobs are based in Ranchos de Taos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ranchos de Taos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ranchos de Taos

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ranchos de Taos residents hold

791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−17%

Jobs based in Ranchos de Taos, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 186. 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.