Work & commute · Taos

Work & commute in Taos, NM

50% of Taos’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (10%), Taos Ski Valley (5%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

1,129 of 2,253 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,124 Taos residents head out of town to work, 1,129 work right here, and 4,220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taos.

1,124live here, work elsewhere

1,129live and work here

4,220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taos goes to work

Taos (in town)right here

50%1,129

Albuquerque106.9 mi away

10%224

Taos Ski Valley16.1 mi away

5%105

Santa Fe54.9 mi away

4%82

Taos Pueblo5.5 mi away

2%40

Ranchos de Taos2.1 mi away

2%37

Los Alamos52.2 mi away

2%35

Arroyo Seco9.3 mi away

1%31

Española38 mi away

1%21

Las Vegas57.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%532

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

How far

How far Taos commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taos is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taos are

5,349 jobs are based in Taos. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taos’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taos

5,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Taos residents hold

2,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−9%

Jobs based in Taos, 2013 → 2023: 5,854 → 5,349. 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.