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Jobs & commute in Duran

Earning a living in Duran

Hardly any stay in Duran for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (31%, 84 miles). Duran has 13 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Duran

On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Out of Duran to work: where people go

Mountainair: 3 residents work here (23%)Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: 1 residents work here (8%)Carrizozo: 1 residents work here (8%)Albuquerque: 4 residents work here (31%)Las Cruces: 1 residents work here (8%)St. Michaels: 1 residents work here (8%)DuranAlbuquerqueMountainairLos Ranchos de AlbuquerqueCarrizozoLas CrucesSt. MichaelsDuran
1
Albuquerque84.4 mi away
31%4
2
Mountainair49.1 mi away
23%3
4
Carrizozo62.5 mi away
8%1
5
Las Cruces168.5 mi away
8%1
6
St. Michaels, AZ225.8 mi away
8%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%2
The top trips

Where Duran clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

How far Duran’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlbuquerque: 31% · 84.4 miMountainair: 23% · 49.1 miLos Ranchos de Albuquerque: 8% · 86.5 miCarrizozo: 8% · 62.5 miLas Cruces: 8% · 168.5 miSt. Michaels: 8% · 225.8 miAlbuquerque 31%Mountainair 23%Carrizozo 8%Las Cruces 8%Duran
DuranTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
25%25–50 mi3 residents
75%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 75% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Duran: questions

Where do people who live in Duran work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (31%, 84 mi), Mountainair (23%, 49 mi), Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (8%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Duran, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Duran

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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.