Photo: Carlos Vierra · Public domainPeña Blanca has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Peña Blanca; the top destination outside it is Albuquerque (35%, 37 miles). There are 53 jobs in Peña Blanca for 287 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 45 minutes (New Mexico 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca 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 ↓
Peña Blanca is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Peña Blanca, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Peña Blanca has about 330 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Peña Blanca works in Albuquerque
100 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Albuquerque, 37 miles away. That’s far more as work in Peña Blanca itself. The commute map ↓
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 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Getting to work from Peña Blanca takes about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peña Blanca workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 252 commuters (the 9% 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.
In and out of Peña Blanca on a workday
On a workday 286 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Peña Blanca on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Peña Blanca to work: where people go
Where Peña Blanca clocks in
35% of workers
21% 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.
What Peña Blanca’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peña Blanca, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 53. 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 Peña Blanca’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Peña Blanca 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.
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 Peña Blanca: questions
What is the median household income in Peña Blanca?
$71,250 (±$43,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peña Blanca?
11.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peña Blanca?
45 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peña Blanca work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albuquerque (35%, 37 mi), Santa Fe (21%, 21 mi), Bernalillo (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peña Blanca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peña Blanca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peña Blanca
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.