Work & commute · Sausal

Work & commute in Sausal, NM

Most working residents leave Sausal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (34%), Belen (19%) and Los Lunas (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 295 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 291 Sausal residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sausal.

291live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sausal goes to work

Albuquerque30 mi away

34%101

Belen6.6 mi away

19%55

Los Lunas8.6 mi away

9%28

South Valley23.1 mi away

4%12

Santa Fe80.8 mi away

3%9

Los Chaves3.7 mi away

3%8

Rio Rancho41.9 mi away

2%6

Bernalillo45.2 mi away

1%4

Sausal (in town)right here

1%4

North Valley35 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%64

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

How far

How far Sausal commutes

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

37%

42%

13%

37%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sausal is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sausal are

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

Jobs based in Sausal

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sausal residents hold

295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+72%

Jobs based in Sausal, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 163. 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.