Photo: Larry Lamsa · CC BY 2.0Alcalde has 1.2 jobs for every working resident: 73 people commute in to work
Working residents average 32 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Alcalde; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (25%, 75 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Albuquerque
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Alcalde clocks in
25% of workers
20% of workers
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
73 jobs are based in Alcalde. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alcalde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alcalde workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Alcalde commutes less than 28 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 41% 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.
Alcalde and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Alcalde’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alcalde workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcalde | – | — | — | 32 min | $48,000 |
| La Villita | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $104,162 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Alcalde: questions
What is the median household income in Alcalde?
$48,000 (±$17,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alcalde?
17.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alcalde?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alcalde work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (25%, 75 mi), Española (20%, 6 mi), Los Alamos (16%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alcalde without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alcalde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alcalde
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.