Work & commute · Taos Pueblo

Work & commute in Taos Pueblo, NM

Most working residents leave Taos Pueblo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (47%), Albuquerque (8%) and Taos Ski Valley (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 210 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 203 Taos Pueblo residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taos Pueblo.

203live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taos Pueblo goes to work

Taos5.5 mi away

47%99

Albuquerque111.9 mi away

8%16

Taos Ski Valley11.1 mi away

7%15

Santa Fe60.2 mi away

4%8

Taos Pueblo (in town)right here

3%7

Arroyo Seco4.1 mi away

2%4

Walsenburg, CO91.3 mi away

1%2

Gallup189.6 mi away

1%2

Farmington146.5 mi away

1%2

Hobbs292 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%53

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

How far

How far Taos Pueblo commutes

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

64%

26%

64%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taos Pueblo is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taos Pueblo are

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

Jobs based in Taos Pueblo

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Taos Pueblo residents hold

210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

−58%

Jobs based in Taos Pueblo, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 138. 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.