Most of La Madera commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 24% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across New Mexico. Employers in La Madera report 33 jobs, and 274 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in La Madera for work; outside it, Albuquerque is the main destination (43%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in La Madera: the gist
La Madera workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
43% of La Madera works in Albuquerque
118 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 20 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in La Madera itself. The commute map ↓
La Madera is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in La Madera, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Madera has about 290 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 45 minutes each way, longer than most of New Mexico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Madera workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 24% 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.
Where La Madera’s working residents head each day
Where La Madera clocks in
43% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
The daily commute in and out of La Madera
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in La Madera on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
67% of the jobs in La Madera pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Madera, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 33. 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 La Madera’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from La Madera to work
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.
La Madera and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of La Madera’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 La Madera: questions
What is the median household income in La Madera?
$160,417 (±$109,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Madera?
16.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Madera?
45 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Madera work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (43%, 20 mi), Santa Fe (7%, 36 mi), Rio Rancho (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Madera 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 La Madera, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Madera
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.