Work means Farmington for about two in five of Kirtland’s working residents
Kirtland has 410 jobs, against 241 working residents. Only 3% work in Kirtland; the top destination outside it is Farmington (41%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the New Mexico average is 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kirtland: the gist
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Kirtland’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the New Mexico average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Most Kirtland residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that send workers to Kirtland
Where Kirtland clocks in
41% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Kirtland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kirtland workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 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.
How far Kirtland goes to work
About 18% 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.
Kirtland on a workday afternoon
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Kirtland on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 kinds of work in Kirtland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kirtland, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 410. 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 Kirtland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Kirtland: questions
What is the median household income in Kirtland?
$100,000 (±$28,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kirtland?
8.6%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kirtland?
31 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 Kirtland work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Kirtland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kirtland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kirtland
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.