Work & commute · Santa Cruz

Work & commute in Santa Cruz, NM

Most working residents leave Santa Cruz for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Española (20%), Los Alamos (18%) and Santa Fe (17%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 144 Santa Cruz residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Cruz.

144live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Cruz goes to work

Española2 mi away

20%29

Los Alamos15.8 mi away

18%26

Santa Fe23.1 mi away

17%24

Albuquerque70.4 mi away

14%20

Rio Rancho61.5 mi away

3%5

Chimayo5 mi away

3%4

Taos37.2 mi away

1%2

Denver, CO267.8 mi away

1%1

Mountainair102.4 mi away

1%1

Chama69 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%31

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

How far

How far Santa Cruz commutes

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

32%

35%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Cruz is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Cruz are

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

Jobs based in Santa Cruz

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Santa Cruz residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−83%

Jobs based in Santa Cruz, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 1. 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.