Work & commute · Rio Communities

Work & commute in Rio Communities, NM

Most working residents leave Rio Communities for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (43%), Belen (13%) and Los Lunas (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 1,920 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,842 Rio Communities residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rio Communities.

1,842live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rio Communities goes to work

Albuquerque31.9 mi away

43%826

Belen9.8 mi away

13%255

Los Lunas11.6 mi away

9%165

Rio Communities (in town)right here

4%78

Santa Fe81.5 mi away

3%53

Kirtland AFB29.1 mi away

2%45

Rio Rancho44.2 mi away

2%36

South Valley25.1 mi away

2%35

Los Chaves6.6 mi away

1%26

North Valley36.8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%382

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

How far

How far Rio Communities commutes

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

24%

13%

51%

12%

24%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rio Communities is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rio Communities are

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

Jobs based in Rio Communities

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Rio Communities residents hold

1,920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+59%

Jobs based in Rio Communities, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 359. 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.