Work & commute · Rio Rancho Estates

Work & commute in Rio Rancho Estates, NM

Most working residents leave Rio Rancho Estates for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (46%), Rio Rancho (19%) and Santa Fe (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 773 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 771 Rio Rancho Estates residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rio Rancho Estates.

771live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rio Rancho Estates goes to work

Albuquerque16 mi away

46%354

Rio Rancho5.7 mi away

19%144

Santa Fe52.3 mi away

7%53

Cuba50.3 mi away

4%33

Los Alamos50 mi away

2%18

Bernalillo13.8 mi away

2%17

North Valley13.3 mi away

2%17

South Valley21.2 mi away

2%13

Española63.5 mi away

1%8

Kirtland AFB22 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%109

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

How far

How far Rio Rancho Estates commutes

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

25%

50%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rio Rancho Estates 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 Rio Rancho Estates are

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

Jobs based in Rio Rancho Estates

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Rio Rancho Estates residents hold

773 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−91%

Jobs based in Rio Rancho Estates, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 37. 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.