More than half of Las Maravillas’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
Hardly any work in Las Maravillas itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (51%, 26 miles). For jobs and income Las Maravillas is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C). The average commute takes 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
The commute and the jobs: Las Maravillas in brief
More than half of Las Maravillas works in Albuquerque
409 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 26 miles away. That’s far more as work in Las Maravillas itself. The commute map ↓
Las Maravillas is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Las Maravillas, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Las Maravillas has about 840 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Las Maravillas 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 808 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Las Maravillas’ Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Las Maravillas’ grade up (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Las Maravillas’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Las Maravillas could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where Las Maravillas’ working residents head each day
Where Las Maravillas clocks in
51% of workers
11% 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.
Who works in Las Maravillas, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 804 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Las Maravillas on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.07 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.
Las Maravillas’ commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Las Maravillas workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 752 commuters (the 8% 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 health care, schools and offices in Las Maravillas
58 jobs are based in Las Maravillas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Las Maravillas, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 58. 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 Las Maravillas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Las Maravillas
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.
Most trips from Las Maravillas start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across New Mexico, on an EPA index of 2.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Las Maravillas households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Las Maravillas’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Las Maravillas is 3,464th among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 669 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 860 | Tres Arroyos NM | 1,926 | $88K | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,025 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,462 | Rice Township OH | 1,237 | $72K | 17.0% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,463 | Forest Meadows CA | 1,623 | $89K | 11.0% | 1.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,464 | Las Maravillas NM | 1,594 | $63K | 9.7% | 3.4% | <1% | C |
| 3,465 | Ponderosa Pine NM | 1,442 | $87K | 11.4% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,466 | Plum Grove TX | 1,677 | $66K | 16.9% | 2.7% | 0% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Las Maravillas, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
Las Maravillas and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Las Maravillas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Maravillas | – | C | C | 37 min | $63,375 |
| Monterey Park | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monterey Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Las Maravillas’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 Las Maravillas: questions
What is the median household income in Las Maravillas?
$63,375 (±$35,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Las Maravillas?
9.7%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Las Maravillas?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Las Maravillas work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (51%, 26 mi), Los Lunas (11%, 9 mi), Santa Fe (5%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Las Maravillas walkable?
Las Maravillas is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Las Maravillas without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Las Maravillas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Las Maravillas
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.