Work & commute · San Rafael

Work & commute in San Rafael, NM

Most working residents leave San Rafael for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grants (25%), Albuquerque (17%) and Milan (7%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 240 San Rafael residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Rafael.

240live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Rafael goes to work

Grants6 mi away

25%60

Albuquerque71.2 mi away

17%42

Milan7.3 mi away

7%18

Gallup55.5 mi away

7%16

Santa Fe115.4 mi away

3%8

Farmington115.9 mi away

2%5

Las Cruces201.5 mi away

2%4

Thoreau28.3 mi away

2%4

Roswell226.5 mi away

1%3

Mount Taylor6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%78

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

How far

How far San Rafael commutes

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

36%

53%

36%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Rafael is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Rafael are

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

Jobs based in San Rafael

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs San Rafael residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3700%

Jobs based in San Rafael, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 38. 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.