Work & commute · Sandia Heights

Work & commute in Sandia Heights, NM

Most working residents leave Sandia Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (66%), Kirtland AFB (14%) and Santa Fe (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,201 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,189 Sandia Heights residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandia Heights.

1,189live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandia Heights goes to work

Albuquerque10.2 mi away

66%787

Kirtland AFB9.7 mi away

14%165

Santa Fe44.1 mi away

3%41

Rio Rancho14.1 mi away

2%26

Los Alamos51 mi away

2%21

South Valley15.8 mi away

1%13

Sandia Heights (in town)right here

1%12

North Valley7.5 mi away

1%12

Los Lunas31 mi away

0%6

Clovis193.7 mi away

0%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%113

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

How far

How far Sandia Heights commutes

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

67%

22%

67%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandia Heights 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 Sandia Heights are

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

Jobs based in Sandia Heights

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sandia Heights residents hold

1,201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−23%

Jobs based in Sandia Heights, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 205. 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.