Work & commute · Sombrillo

Work & commute in Sombrillo, NM

Most working residents leave Sombrillo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (23%), Española (21%) and Santa Fe (20%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 100 Sombrillo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sombrillo.

100live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sombrillo goes to work

Los Alamos15.4 mi away

23%23

Española2.5 mi away

21%21

Santa Fe22.2 mi away

20%20

Albuquerque69.6 mi away

11%11

Rio Rancho60.8 mi away

3%3

Tesuque17.2 mi away

3%3

Sombrillo (in town)right here

2%2

Milan117.5 mi away

1%1

Las Vegas52.7 mi away

1%1

Tucumcari142.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%16

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

How far

How far Sombrillo commutes

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

30%

45%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sombrillo is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sombrillo are

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

Jobs based in Sombrillo

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Sombrillo residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−68%

Jobs based in Sombrillo, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 60. 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.