Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (0.8%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
22% of workers work from home (New Mexico 12%). Los Ranchos de Albuquerque grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% work in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque itself; outside it, Albuquerque draws the most (69%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Much of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque works one town over
73% of working residents work in a town that borders Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: Albuquerque (69%) and North Valley (4%). Next door ↓
Most Los Ranchos de Albuquerque residents work close to home
85% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
23% of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
62% of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #5 of 72 in New Mexico. Unemployment holds Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($72,992, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How many miles Los Ranchos de Albuquerque commutes
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.
The daily trip from Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,820 commuters (the 22% 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.
What work there is in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: 1,713 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2013 → 2023: 1,929 → 1,713. 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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,156 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 1,648 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
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 people from Los Ranchos de Albuquerque work
Where Los Ranchos de Albuquerque clocks in
69% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Few in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #24 of 73 in New Mexico. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across New Mexico.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,348 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% 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 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 5.6% of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque households have no vehicle (New Mexico 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’s commuters take a bus or train.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is 770th of 3,375 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 540 | White Rock NM | 5,716 | $157K | 2.5% | 0.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 704 | Placitas NM | 4,223 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 768 | Howard Township OH | 6,206 | $105K | 4.5% | 0.9% | 5% | A− |
| 769 | Byron MN | 6,740 | $124K | 4.2% | 4.4% | 8% | A− |
| 770 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque NM | 5,790 | $73K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 771 | Montebello NY | 4,828 | $134K | 11.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 772 | Westbrook CT | 6,918 | $91K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,247 | Eldorado at Santa Fe NM | 5,619 | $107K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, the top three, the last and three more from New Mexico.
73% of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | – | A− | B+ | 23 min | $72,992 |
| North Valley | 4% | C | B | 20 min | $61,498 |
| Albuquerque | 69% | C+ | A | 22 min | $68,317 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Albuquerque. Darker towns draw more of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque’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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: questions
What is the median household income in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque?
$72,992 (±$17,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque?
8.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Los Ranchos de Albuquerque?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (69%, 4 mi), Rio Rancho (5%, 9 mi), North Valley (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Los Ranchos de Albuquerque walkable?
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Los Ranchos de Albuquerque without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, from the people who make the trip.
More of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
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.