Work & commute · West Hammond

Work & commute in West Hammond, NM

Most working residents leave West Hammond for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (42%), Bloomfield (10%) and Lee Acres (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,017 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,002 West Hammond residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Hammond.

1,002live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Hammond goes to work

Farmington9.1 mi away

42%429

Bloomfield5.7 mi away

10%97

Lee Acres1.9 mi away

7%75

Albuquerque134.1 mi away

7%69

Aztec10.1 mi away

3%30

Durango, CO41.3 mi away

2%21

Shiprock36.8 mi away

2%16

Crouch Mesa5.1 mi away

2%16

West Hammond (in town)right here

1%15

Santa Fe134.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%235

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

How far

How far West Hammond commutes

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

54%

20%

21%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Hammond is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Hammond are

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

Jobs based in West Hammond

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs West Hammond residents hold

1,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−51%

Jobs based in West Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 166. 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.