Photo: Carptrash · CC BY-SA 3.0Santa Fe draws about half of Glorieta’s working residents
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (New Mexico 12%). Only 4% work in Glorieta; the top destination outside it is Santa Fe (50%, 13 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes, where New Mexico has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Glorieta quiets down on a workday
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Glorieta on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Where Glorieta goes to work
Where Glorieta clocks in
50% of workers
11% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Glorieta
83 jobs are based in Glorieta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glorieta, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 83. 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 Glorieta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes each way for Glorieta’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glorieta workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 4% 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.
Miles to work from Glorieta
About 21% 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.
Glorieta and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glorieta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glorieta | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| La Cueva | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Valencia | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. La Cueva and Valencia: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glorieta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Glorieta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glorieta?
3.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glorieta?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glorieta work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Glorieta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glorieta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glorieta
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.