Work & commute · Thunder Mountain

Work & commute in Thunder Mountain, NM

Most working residents leave Thunder Mountain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (28%), Kirtland AFB (16%) and Santa Fe (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 367 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 358 Thunder Mountain residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thunder Mountain.

358live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thunder Mountain goes to work

Albuquerque23.9 mi away

28%103

Kirtland AFB19.4 mi away

16%58

Santa Fe41.3 mi away

10%38

Moriarty12.1 mi away

9%34

Edgewood2.3 mi away

6%22

Thunder Mountain (in town)right here

2%9

North Valley23.1 mi away

2%6

Las Vegas66.6 mi away

1%4

Rio Rancho29.8 mi away

1%4

Los Alamos55.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%85

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

How far

How far Thunder Mountain commutes

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

14%

58%

17%

11%

14%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thunder Mountain is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thunder Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Thunder Mountain

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Thunder Mountain residents hold

367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+272%

Jobs based in Thunder Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 67. 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.