Work & commute · Sandia Knolls

Work & commute in Sandia Knolls, NM

Most working residents leave Sandia Knolls for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (60%), Kirtland AFB (14%) and North Valley (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 469 Sandia Knolls residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandia Knolls.

469live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandia Knolls goes to work

Albuquerque20 mi away

60%283

Kirtland AFB16.7 mi away

14%67

North Valley18.3 mi away

2%11

Rio Rancho24.2 mi away

2%10

Santa Fe39 mi away

2%9

Edgewood4.9 mi away

1%7

Cedar Crest5.6 mi away

1%6

Paa-Ko3.4 mi away

1%6

South Valley24.1 mi away

1%6

Sandia Knolls (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%64

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

How far

How far Sandia Knolls commutes

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

81%

8%Under 10 mi

81%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandia Knolls is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandia Knolls are

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

Jobs based in Sandia Knolls

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Sandia Knolls residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+50%

Jobs based in Sandia Knolls, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 30. 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.