Work & commute · Taos Ski Valley

Work & commute in Taos Ski Valley, NM

Most working residents leave Taos Ski Valley for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Taos (44%), Arroyo Seco (13%) and Albuquerque (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

3 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13 Taos Ski Valley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taos Ski Valley.

13live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taos Ski Valley goes to work

Taos16.1 mi away

44%7

Taos Ski Valley (in town)right here

19%3

Arroyo Seco9.5 mi away

13%2

Albuquerque123 mi away

6%1

Arroyo Hondo13.3 mi away

6%1

Ojo Caliente38.4 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%1

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

How far

How far Taos Ski Valley commutes

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

31%

56%

31%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taos Ski Valley is a job hub

48.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

48.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Taos Ski Valley are

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

Jobs based in Taos Ski Valley

779 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less58%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Taos Ski Valley residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month19%

+1%

Jobs based in Taos Ski Valley, 2013 → 2023: 774 → 779. 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.