Work & commute · Tome

Work & commute in Tome, NM

Most working residents leave Tome for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (46%), Los Lunas (12%) and Kirtland AFB (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 611 Tome residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tome.

611live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tome goes to work

Albuquerque25.7 mi away

46%284

Los Lunas5.8 mi away

12%73

Kirtland AFB23.3 mi away

5%32

Belen5.1 mi away

5%28

Santa Fe76.3 mi away

4%23

Rio Rancho37.8 mi away

3%17

North Valley30.6 mi away

3%17

South Valley18.8 mi away

1%8

Española94.9 mi away

1%6

Los Chaves2.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%121

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

How far

How far Tome commutes

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

24%

23%

40%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tome is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tome are

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

Jobs based in Tome

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Tome residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+53%

Jobs based in Tome, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 155. 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.