Work & commute · Talpa

Work & commute in Talpa, NM

Most working residents leave Talpa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (43%), Albuquerque (11%) and Taos Ski Valley (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 274 Talpa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talpa.

274live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talpa goes to work

Taos3.3 mi away

43%118

Albuquerque103.8 mi away

11%29

Taos Ski Valley19.3 mi away

3%9

Santa Fe51.7 mi away

3%8

Rio Rancho95.7 mi away

3%7

Ranchos de Taos1.5 mi away

3%7

Española35.3 mi away

1%4

Farmington146.4 mi away

1%4

Red River27.3 mi away

1%3

Bernalillo89.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%83

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

How far

How far Talpa commutes

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

58%

29%

58%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talpa is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Talpa are

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

Jobs based in Talpa

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Talpa residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−81%

Jobs based in Talpa, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 8. 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.