For more than half of its working residents, Santa Fe Foothills is a commute to Santa Fe
The average commute takes 36 minutes each way; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26. 56% of workers work from home, where New Mexico as a whole has 12%. There are 179 jobs in Santa Fe Foothills, and 317 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Santa Fe Foothills and work: the main findings
A lot of Santa Fe Foothills works from home
56% of Santa Fe Foothills workers work from home, against 12% across New Mexico. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Santa Fe Foothills’ working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 36 minutes, longer than the New Mexico average of 24. 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 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Santa Fe Foothills spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Fe Foothills workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 56% 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 the trip to work from Santa Fe Foothills ends
Where Santa Fe Foothills clocks in
53% of workers
15% 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.
Santa Fe Foothills on a workday afternoon
On a workday 312 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Santa Fe Foothills on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.56 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Fe Foothills, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 179. 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 Santa Fe Foothills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Santa Fe Foothills
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.
Santa Fe Foothills and its neighbors: 53% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Fe Foothills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Foothills | – | — | — | 36 min | $157,083 |
| Santa Fe | 53% | C+ | A | 21 min | $73,482 |
| Cañada de los Alamos | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Conejo | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Sunlit Hills | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cañada de los Alamos, Conejo and Sunlit Hills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Santa Fe. Darker towns draw more of Santa Fe Foothills’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 Santa Fe Foothills: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Fe Foothills?
$157,083 (±$99,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $64,059 across New Mexico and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Fe Foothills?
7.4%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Fe Foothills?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 56% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Fe Foothills work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Santa Fe Foothills 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 Santa Fe Foothills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Fe Foothills
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.