Photo: G. Thomas at English Wikipedia · Public domainAbiquiu has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 79 people commute in to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across New Mexico. 80 jobs are based in Abiquiu, and 26 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Abiquiu; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (31%, 78 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Abiquiu on a workday afternoon
On a workday 25 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 94 people are in Abiquiu on a workday afternoon, 135% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Abiquiu: where workers come from
Where Abiquiu clocks in
31% of workers
12% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Abiquiu
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Abiquiu, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 80. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abiquiu’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Abiquiu
of Abiquiu workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Abiquiu commutes less than 72 miles
About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Abiquiu: questions
What is the poverty rate in Abiquiu?
0.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Abiquiu work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (31%, 78 mi), Española (12%, 20 mi), Farmington (8%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Abiquiu without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Abiquiu, from the people who make the trip.
More of Abiquiu
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.