Work & commute · Sanostee

Work & commute in Sanostee, NM

Most working residents leave Sanostee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (14%), Albuquerque (12%) and Crownpoint (5%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

52 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 42 Sanostee residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 456 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanostee.

42live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

456work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanostee goes to work

Farmington44 mi away

14%6

Albuquerque154.3 mi away

12%5

Crownpoint62.2 mi away

5%2

Bayfield, CO89.5 mi away

2%1

Cortez, CO65.5 mi away

2%1

Grants105.4 mi away

2%1

Bloomfield53.9 mi away

2%1

Hobbs412.8 mi away

2%1

Frisco, TX719.1 mi away

2%1

Blanding, UT89.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%23

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

How far

How far Sanostee commutes

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

43%

48%

5%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanostee is a job hub

10.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

10.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanostee are

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

Jobs based in Sanostee

457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities90%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Sanostee residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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.