Photo: James M. Slack, Photographer, February 27, 1934 Original uploader was Tillman at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by KudzuVine at en.wikipedia. · Public domainLaguna draws 292 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
Laguna has 321 jobs, and 166 of its residents work somewhere. About one in five work in Laguna itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (10%, 43 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (New Mexico 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Laguna, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 137 residents head out to work and 29 work right here.
About 610 people are in Laguna on a workday afternoon, 34% more 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.
Where Laguna’s workforce comes from
Where Laguna clocks in
10% 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.
Most jobs in Laguna are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Laguna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Laguna
of Laguna workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 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.
How far Laguna goes to work
About 22% 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.
Laguna and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Paraje (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Laguna’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 Laguna: questions
What is the poverty rate in Laguna?
28.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Laguna work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (10%, 43 mi), Mesita (10%, 6 mi), Skyline-Ganipa (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laguna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 50% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laguna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laguna
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.