Work & commute · Valle Vista

Work & commute in Valle Vista, NM

Most working residents leave Valle Vista for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Fe (54%), Albuquerque (17%) and Española (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 364 Valle Vista residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valle Vista.

364live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valle Vista goes to work

Santa Fe6.9 mi away

54%195

Albuquerque46.9 mi away

17%61

Española29 mi away

2%7

Rio Rancho41.5 mi away

2%7

Las Vegas47.3 mi away

1%5

Tesuque13.8 mi away

1%5

Los Alamos25 mi away

1%4

Kirtland AFB46.6 mi away

1%3

Las Campanas9.1 mi away

1%3

Taos61.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%72

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

How far

How far Valle Vista commutes

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

59%

27%

59%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valle Vista is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valle Vista are

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

Jobs based in Valle Vista

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Valle Vista residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+180%

Jobs based in Valle Vista, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 28. 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.