Work & commute · Shiprock

Work & commute in Shiprock, NM

Most working residents leave Shiprock for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (20%), Albuquerque (8%) and Sanostee (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

196 of 1,436 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,240 Shiprock residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 1,220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiprock.

1,240live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

1,220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiprock goes to work

Farmington28.5 mi away

20%284

Shiprock (in town)right here

14%196

Albuquerque163.3 mi away

8%114

Sanostee26.5 mi away

4%63

Gallup88.1 mi away

3%48

Waterflow12.3 mi away

3%37

Crownpoint78.8 mi away

2%32

St. Michaels, AZ81.1 mi away

2%28

Las Cruces326.8 mi away

1%21

Towaoc, CO29.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%594

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

How far

How far Shiprock commutes

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

16%

33%

34%

16%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiprock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiprock are

1,416 jobs are based in Shiprock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shiprock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shiprock

1,416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Shiprock residents hold

1,436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+175%

Jobs based in Shiprock, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 1,416. 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.