Work & commute · Tijeras

Work & commute in Tijeras, NM

Most working residents leave Tijeras for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (56%), Kirtland AFB (15%) and Edgewood (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 167 Tijeras residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tijeras.

167live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tijeras goes to work

Albuquerque15.4 mi away

56%95

Kirtland AFB10.8 mi away

15%25

Edgewood9.3 mi away

3%5

Santa Fe45.4 mi away

2%4

Tijeras (in town)right here

2%3

Moriarty19.7 mi away

2%3

Rio Rancho22.7 mi away

2%3

North Valley15.1 mi away

2%3

San Antonito5 mi away

1%2

Barton6.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%25

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

How far

How far Tijeras commutes

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

25%

63%

25%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tijeras is a job hub

1.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tijeras are

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

Jobs based in Tijeras

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tijeras residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Tijeras, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 337. 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.