Photo: TheNewMexicoPost · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Corrales’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
Jobs & income B+: better than 65% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #9 of 72 in New Mexico.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns · #46 of 73 in New Mexico.
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 29 minutes each way (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Corrales; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (56%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Corrales
Much of Corrales works one town over
66% of working residents work in a town that borders Corrales: Albuquerque (56%) and Rio Rancho (10%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Corrales
32% of Corrales workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Corrales’ working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the New Mexico average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Corrales’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corrales is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #9 of 72 in New Mexico. Household income holds Corrales’ grade up ($102,307, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corrales could be anywhere from B− to A.
About 29 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 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corrales workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,395 commuters (the 32% 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.
Corrales quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,957 residents head out to work, 212 work right here, and 927 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Corrales on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
56% 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 Corrales clocks in
56% of workers
10% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,139 jobs in Corrales are
1,139 jobs are based in Corrales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corrales’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corrales, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 1,139. 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.
Half of Corrales commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Corrales start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corrales is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #46 of 73 in New Mexico. Both inputs place Corrales near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Corrales households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Corrales’ commuters take a bus or train.
Corrales is 1,323rd of 3,015 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Corrales, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,321 | Honey Brook Township PA | 8,780 | $86K | 11.9% | 3.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,322 | River Grove IL | 10,409 | $70K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,323 | Corrales NM | 8,484 | $102K | 7.0% | 6.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,324 | Clinton TN | 10,466 | $69K | 12.7% | 1.4% | 21% | B+ |
| 1,325 | Schoolcraft Township MI | 9,316 | $81K | 8.5% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,779 | Santa Teresa NM | 6,041 | $63K | 23.9% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,816 | Edgewood NM | 6,157 | $85K | 8.3% | 5.1% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,270 | Bernalillo NM | 9,159 | $64K | 15.9% | 6.9% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
66% of Corrales works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Albuquerque (56%). Darker towns draw more of Corrales’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corrales workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrales | – | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $102,307 |
| Rio Rancho | 10% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $89,596 |
| Albuquerque | 56% | C+ | A | 22 min | $68,317 |
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 Corrales: questions
What is the median household income in Corrales?
$102,307 (±$18,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corrales?
7.0%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corrales?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corrales work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (56%, 9 mi), Rio Rancho (10%, 5 mi), Kirtland AFB (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corrales walkable?
Corrales is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corrales without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corrales, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corrales
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.