Work & commute · Valencia

Work & commute in Valencia, NM

Most working residents leave Valencia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (45%), Los Lunas (14%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 829 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 820 Valencia residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valencia.

820live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valencia goes to work

Albuquerque20.8 mi away

45%374

Los Lunas6 mi away

14%119

Santa Fe71.3 mi away

4%36

South Valley14.1 mi away

3%29

Belen7.4 mi away

3%25

Kirtland AFB18.2 mi away

3%23

North Valley25.7 mi away

3%21

Bosque Farms3.4 mi away

2%19

Rio Rancho33.2 mi away

2%19

Valencia (in town)right here

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%155

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

How far

How far Valencia commutes

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

24%

50%

13%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valencia is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valencia are

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

Jobs based in Valencia

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Valencia residents hold

829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−33%

Jobs based in Valencia, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 125. 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.