Work & commute · San Cristobal

Work & commute in San Cristobal, NM

Most working residents leave San Cristobal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red River (22%), Questa (19%) and Taos (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 San Cristobal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Cristobal.

58live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Cristobal goes to work

Red River13.7 mi away

22%13

Questa7.3 mi away

19%11

Taos15.7 mi away

10%6

Albuquerque118.5 mi away

10%6

Española48.5 mi away

3%2

Santa Fe68.4 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ421 mi away

2%1

Aurora, CO219.8 mi away

2%1

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque115 mi away

2%1

Socorro190.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%14

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

How far

How far San Cristobal commutes

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

23%

33%

37%

23%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Cristobal is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Cristobal are

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

Jobs based in San Cristobal

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs San Cristobal residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.