Photo: John Karl Hillers · Public domainMost of Cochiti commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Cochiti for work; outside it, Santa Fe is the main destination (20%, 21 miles). Cochiti has 55 jobs for 128 working residents. Home is the office for 38% of workers, next to 12% for New Mexico as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cochiti on a workday afternoon
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Cochiti on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer 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.
Where Cochiti’s working residents head each day
Where Cochiti clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cochiti, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 55. 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 Cochiti’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Cochiti
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cochiti workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 187 commuters (the 38% 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.
Cochiti’s commute, mile by mile
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 Cochiti: questions
What is the median household income in Cochiti?
$85,548 (±$39,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cochiti?
5.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cochiti?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cochiti work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Fe (20%, 21 mi), Albuquerque (20%, 39 mi), Bernalillo (11%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cochiti without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cochiti, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cochiti
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.