Work & commute · White Cliffs

Work & commute in White Cliffs, NM

Most working residents leave White Cliffs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gallup (66%), Albuquerque (3%) and St. Michaels (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 177 White Cliffs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Cliffs.

177live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Cliffs goes to work

Gallup5.1 mi away

66%117

Albuquerque117.8 mi away

3%6

St. Michaels, AZ25.5 mi away

3%6

Fort Defiance, AZ26.5 mi away

2%4

Santa Fe150.9 mi away

2%3

Thoreau27.5 mi away

2%3

Grants54.2 mi away

1%2

Farmington87.5 mi away

1%2

Crestview11.7 mi away

1%2

Church Rock5.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%30

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

How far

How far White Cliffs commutes

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

70%

10%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Cliffs is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Cliffs are

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

Jobs based in White Cliffs

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs White Cliffs residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−77%

Jobs based in White Cliffs, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 5. 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.