About half of Indian Hills’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (New Mexico 12%). Hardly any work in Indian Hills; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (50%, 30 miles). Working residents average 37 minutes each way; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Indian Hills
More than half of Indian Hills works in Albuquerque
157 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 30 miles away. That’s 50 times as many as work in Indian Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Indian Hills is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Indian Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Indian Hills has about 330 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Indian Hills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Indian Hills’ residents
Where Indian Hills 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.
Who leaves Indian Hills for work, and who comes in
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Indian Hills on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
From Indian Hills, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Hills workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 223 commuters (the 0% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
20 jobs are based in Indian Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Hills, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 20. 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 Indian Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Indian Hills’ workers travel
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 Indian Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Hills?
$42,222 (±$39,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Hills?
21.2%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Hills?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Hills work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Indian Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Hills
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.