Work & commute · White Rock

Work & commute in White Rock, NM

Most working residents leave White Rock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Alamos (74%), Albuquerque (8%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 3,040 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,929 White Rock residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Rock.

2,929live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Rock goes to work

Los Alamos7.5 mi away

74%2,249

Albuquerque54.5 mi away

8%239

Santa Fe16.2 mi away

4%124

White Rock (in town)right here

4%111

Española15.5 mi away

1%34

Rio Rancho45.5 mi away

1%17

Las Cruces242.9 mi away

0%13

Las Vegas57.4 mi away

0%10

Edgewood46.8 mi away

0%9

South Valley61.4 mi away

0%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%226

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

How far

How far White Rock commutes

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

79%

13%

79%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Rock is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Rock are

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

Jobs based in White Rock

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs White Rock residents hold

3,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+12%

Jobs based in White Rock, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 289. 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.