With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Highland Meadows works elsewhere
There are 6 jobs in Highland Meadows for 219 working residents. Hardly any stay in Highland Meadows for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (44%, 32 miles). The trip to work takes 66 minutes on average, next to 24 for New Mexico and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Highland Meadows in brief
Highland Meadows workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 66 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 506 hours of commuting, 322 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Highland Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Highland Meadows, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Highland Meadows has about 190 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
44% of Highland Meadows works in Albuquerque
97 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 32 miles away. That’s far more as work in Highland Meadows itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Highland Meadows, about 66 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 21.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highland Meadows workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 7% 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.
A workday in Highland Meadows: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Highland Meadows on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Commuting out of Highland Meadows: the destinations
Where Highland Meadows clocks in
44% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Highland Meadows
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highland Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Highland Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Highland Meadows
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 Highland Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Highland Meadows?
$58,672 (±$42,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highland Meadows?
26.9%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highland Meadows?
66 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highland Meadows work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (44%, 32 mi), Los Lunas (9%, 23 mi), Belen (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Highland Meadows without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Highland Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Highland Meadows
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.