Work & commute · Sagar

Work & commute in Sagar, NM

Most working residents leave Sagar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (24%), Farmington (8%) and Albuquerque (5%). Half commute less than 108 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

108 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 36 Sagar residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sagar.

36live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sagar goes to work

Gallup18.4 mi away

24%9

Farmington109.1 mi away

8%3

Albuquerque120.1 mi away

5%2

Dulce153.7 mi away

5%2

Crownpoint48.1 mi away

5%2

Thomson, GA1499.2 mi away

3%1

Dexter288.5 mi away

3%1

Grants53.2 mi away

3%1

Carlsbad325.8 mi away

3%1

New York, NY1920.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%14

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

How far

How far Sagar commutes

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

29%

59%

6%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sagar is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sagar are

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

Jobs based in Sagar

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month69%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Sagar residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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.