Work & commute · Santa Rosa

Work & commute in Santa Rosa, NM

46% of Santa Rosa’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (10%), Santa Fe (6%) and Vaughn (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

378 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 449 Santa Rosa residents head out of town to work, 378 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Rosa.

449live here, work elsewhere

378live and work here

497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Rosa goes to work

Santa Rosa (in town)right here

46%378

Albuquerque112.2 mi away

10%81

Santa Fe89.1 mi away

6%46

Vaughn38 mi away

4%32

Las Vegas55.4 mi away

4%31

Tucumcari57.2 mi away

3%23

Estancia77.9 mi away

2%15

Taos112.4 mi away

1%7

Milan182.8 mi away

1%6

Grants179.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%203

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

How far

How far Santa Rosa commutes

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

48%

43%

48%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Rosa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Rosa are

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

Jobs based in Santa Rosa

875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Santa Rosa residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−9%

Jobs based in Santa Rosa, 2013 → 2023: 966 → 875. 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.